Fraser

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fraser: Recorded since 1982, with a gap of 13 years, its highest recorded position is #92, and it stood at #101 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#92highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Fraser's record

Moved 209 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Absent from every published list for 13 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	#136
1997	#141
1998	#140
1999	#136
2000	#164
2001	#180
2002	#189
2003	#195
2004	#219
2005	#201
2006	#196
2007	#170
2008	#177
2009	#198
2010	#202
2011	#195
2012	#199
2013	#207
2014	#220
2015	#240
2016	#238
2017	#246
2018	#226
2019	#240
2020	#253
2021	#284
2022	#305
2023	#310
2024	#306

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #101 among boys in Scotland, #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #306 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #136 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #306 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fraser appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 6,470 births with the name.

Fraser across 3 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.

Fraser'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	#136 (1996)	#136 (1996)	#306 (2024)	29 of 29	6,470 (1996–2024)	296 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#247 (2009)	#305 (2024)	16 of 24	70 (2001–2024)	7 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#604 (2009)	#604 (2009)	#755 (2021)	4 of 13	13 (2009–2021)	4 (2009)

Fraser 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 Fraser in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,042	4 of 10	261
2000s	2,197	10 of 10	220
2010sbusiest	2,444	10 of 10	244
2020s	787	5 of 10	157

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 244 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 74, from 222 to 296.

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

Fraser 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 5 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #92 in New Zealand in 1982.

Fraser'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	#306	146	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#310	142	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#305	147	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#284	164	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#253	188	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#240	210	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#226	230	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#246	218	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#238	232	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#240	227	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#220	258	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#207	267	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#199	276	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#195	273	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#202	253	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#198	241	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#177	287	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#170	296	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#196	222	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#201	195	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#219	167	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#195	193	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#189	182	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#180	194	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#164	220	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#136	252	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#140	256	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#141	256	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#136	278	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#92	51	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#273	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#101	52	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1982 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #92, first reached in 1982.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 296 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 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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Fraya · #758, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Silas · #92, 30y
Nellie · #93, 29y
Yahya · #93, 34y
Zayn · #93, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Kacper · #92, 36y
Viljar · #91, 37y
Yahya · #93, 34y
Mikaela · #90, 34y

Fraser was ranked #92 in New Zealand · Boys in 1982. 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.

Fraser 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 Fraser without appearing here.

Fraser moved ahead of

Brendan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #395 and #395 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #305 and #404.
Jordan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #395 and #249 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #305 and #404.
Christian Compare
In 2023 they stood at #310 and #290 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #306 and #389.
Darren Compare
In 1998 they stood at #140 and #138 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #136 and #194.

Moved ahead of Fraser

Hudson Compare
In 2014 they stood at #220 and #234 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #240 and #176.
Jonas Compare
In 2020 they stood at #320 and #358 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #433 and #374.
Jude Compare
In 2000 they stood at #164 and #174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #180 and #127.
Francis Compare
In 2018 they stood at #226 and #238 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #240 and #196.

Moved the opposite way to Fraser

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Fraser

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Fraser went from #136 to #306 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 5 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #92 in New Zealand in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fraser

Fraser at a glance

What stands out in Fraser's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fraser across 3 official records

Fraser by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Fraser appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Fraser moved ahead of

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Fraser at a glance

What stands out in Fraser's record

Fraser across 3 official records

Fraser by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Fraser appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Fraser

Fraser and the names beside it

Fraser moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fraser

Moved the opposite way to Fraser

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