Dudley

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dudley: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 24 years, its highest recorded position is #232, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#232highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dudley's record

Absent from every published list for 24 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
1999	#2097
2001	#1949
2003	#1962
2005	#1991
2006	#1892
2007	#1666
2008	#3687
2009	#3227
2010	#2629
2011	#1788
2012	#3416
2013	#2403
2014	#2248
2015	#2150
2016	#1704
2017	#2172
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2020	#2076
2021	#3990
2022	#3048
2023	#2813
2024	#4270

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1971
Highest recorded position: #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1971).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dudley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 26 ranked years and 191 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Dudley across 2 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.

Dudley'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 · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1458 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	26 of 29	191 (1996–2024)	14 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#232 (1964)	#304 (1971)	2 of 8	6 (1964–1971)	3 (1964)

Dudley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Dudley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000s	51	7 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Dudley 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #232 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Dudley'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	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #232, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 24 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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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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.

Lilly-May · #233, 27y
Ty · #231, 29y
Demi-Lee · #230, 26y
Brandon-Lee · #229, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Claudine · #232, 28y
Criona · #232, 12y
Fiach · #232, 35y
Gilbert · #232, 36y

Dudley was ranked #232 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Dudley 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 Dudley without appearing here.

Dudley moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2076 and #4608.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Dudley

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1666 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #1294.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #2682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Dudley

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Dudley

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dudley went from #1458 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #232 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dudley

Dudley at a glance

What stands out in Dudley's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dudley across 2 official records

Dudley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dudley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Dudley at a glance

What stands out in Dudley's record

Dudley across 2 official records

Dudley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dudley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dudley

Dudley and the names beside it

Dudley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dudley

Moved the opposite way to Dudley

Moved the same way as Dudley