Divine

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Divine: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Divine: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #305 in 2003, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#305highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Divine's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1958
1998	#2407
1999	#2189
2000	#1688
2001	#1170
2002	#1928
2003	#1056
2004	#1535
2005	#890
2006	#890
2007	#764
2008	#1065
2009	#1022
2010	#930
2011	#1015
2012	#975
2013	#1177
2014	#1040
2015	#1549
2016	#1327
2017	#1628
2018	#1314
2019	#1439
2020	#2163
2021	#2341
2022	#1416
2023	#1575
2024	#1230

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1230 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2011
Highest recorded position: #305 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Divine appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 638 births with the name.

Divine across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Divine's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#764 (2007)	#1230 (2024)	29 of 29	638 (1996–2024)	43 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#498 (2001)	#370 (2004)	#898 (2024)	14 of 24	72 (2001–2024)	8 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#2470 (2003)	#944 (2009)	#1235 (2024)	22 of 22	329 (2003–2024)	28 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#305 (2003)	#305 (2003)	#730 (2011)	8 of 9	48 (2003–2011)	9 (2006)

Divine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Divine in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	238	10 of 10	24
2010sbusiest	281	10 of 10	28
2020s	91	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Divine appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #305 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Divine's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1230	27	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1314	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1040	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#975	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1015	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#930	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#944	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#764	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#890	33	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#890	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #305, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dixie · #859, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denzel · #305, 30y
Etain · #305, 29y
Jun · #305, 28y
Malena · #305, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Al · #305, 28y
Denzel · #305, 30y
Eathan · #305, 19y
Hafsah · #305, 29y

Divine was ranked #305 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Divine and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Divine without appearing here.

Divine moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1175 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1175 and #3523.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Divine

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #1347.
Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #660 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #264.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1168 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1306 and #926.

Moved the opposite way to Divine

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Divine

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divine went from #2096 to #1230 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #305 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Divine

Divine at a glance

What stands out in Divine's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Divine across 4 official records

Divine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Divine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Divine moved ahead of

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Divine at a glance

What stands out in Divine's record

Divine across 4 official records

Divine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Divine appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Divine

Divine and the names beside it

Divine moved ahead of

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