Dream

maleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#883highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2018	#2499
2019	#2286
2020	#2449
2021	#2711
2022	#1621
2023	#2927
2024	#1672

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 8 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2711 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #5545 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dream 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 Dream in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	21	2 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Dream 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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #883 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Dream'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1621	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 8 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #883, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 13 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,672position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
18births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Avianna · #883, 12y
Iasmina · #883, 13y
Sadie-Rose · #883, 9y
Aayra · #885, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Anisia · #883, 14y
Iasmina · #883, 13y
Livie · #883, 17y
Niya · #883, 24y

Dream was ranked #883 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Dream 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 Dream without appearing here.

Dream moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Dream

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #1313.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #883 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dream

Dream at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dream by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dream appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Dream

Dream and the names beside it

Dream moved ahead of

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Dream at a glance

Dream by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dream appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Dream

Dream and the names beside it

Dream moved ahead of

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