Graeme

maleStatistical record

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

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

Graeme: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #18, and it stood at #4,107 in 2023.

5registrars recorded it
94times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for
16names it appears alongside

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#755
1997	#874
1998	#1367
1999	#1281
2000	#2501
2001	#1595
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#3009
2006	#2870
2009	#4527
2011	#4647
2014	#4632
2017	#4812
2023	#4107

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 Republic of Ireland in 34 of the 46 years from 1968 to 2013.

In 2011: #623 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4647 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #33 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1954–1975
Highest recorded position: #18 among boys in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1975).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4107 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Graeme appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 34 ranked years and 341 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Graeme across 5 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.

Graeme'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#267 (1968)	#152 (1992)	#711 (2013)	34 of 46	341 (1968–2013)	24 (1992)
England and Wales · Boys	#755 (1996)	#755 (1996)	#4107 (2023)	15 of 28	103 (1996–2023)	20 (1996)
New Zealand · Boys	#18 (1954)	#18 (1954)	#86 (1975)	21 of 22	4,705 (1954–1975)	366 (1954)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#33 (1952)	#33 (1952)	#96 (1972)	21 of 21	4,483 (1952–1972)	338 (1953)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#139 (1997)	#139 (1997)	#280 (2001)	3 of 5	19 (1997–2001)	13 (1997)

Graeme by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Graeme in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	50	8 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	156	10 of 10	16
1990s	116	10 of 10	12
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Graeme 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 1952 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #18 in New Zealand in 1954.

Graeme'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#59	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#61	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	207	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	230	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	283	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	314	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	248	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	284	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	267	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	258	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	294	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	296	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	338	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	332	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New Zealand	male	#86	71	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#91	78	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#80	92	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#69	107	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#59	116	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#57	127	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#47	162	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#44	158	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#51	136	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#40	182	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#30	239	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#31	255	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#24	309	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#25	323	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#26	317	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#25	311	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#22	348	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#22	322	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#20	336	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#21	350	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#18	366	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#139	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	16	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	11	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	24	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	17	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	19	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	17	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	19	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	16	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	13	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1952 and 2023, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 22 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 366 births, registered in New Zealand in 1954.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 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.

Gracjan · #429, 17y
Grady · #976, 24y
Graham · #20, 73y
Grahame · #71, 12y

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.

Ashley · #17, 62y
Audrey · #19, 62y
Gemma · #17, 62y
Maja · #16, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Alison · #18, 74y
Kathleen · #18, 74y
Barry · #17, 74y
Bradley · #19, 70y

Comparisons involving Graeme

Existing comparison pages where Graeme and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Graeme within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Graeme vs Ross
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Graeme and Ross averaged 3.7 places apart, ending at #96 and #99.
Graeme · Ross · 21 shared years, 1952–1972 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Murray vs Graeme
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Murray and Graeme averaged 4.0 places apart, ending at #100 and #91.
Murray · Graeme · 20 shared years, 1954–1973 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking
Alan vs Graeme
Across 21 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Alan and Graeme averaged 4.5 places apart, ending at #80 and #86.
Alan · Graeme · 21 shared years, 1954–1975 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1975 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Graeme measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Graeme at its highest position.

Graeme vs Colin
Across 20 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Graeme and Colin averaged 6.3 places apart, ending at #86 and #99.
Graeme · Colin · 20 shared years, 1954–1975 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1975 New Zealand ranking
Gary vs Graeme
Across 21 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Gary and Graeme averaged 7.9 places apart, ending at #79 and #86.
Gary · Graeme · 21 shared years, 1954–1975 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1975 New Zealand ranking
Bruce vs Graeme
Across 21 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Bruce and Graeme averaged 9.5 places apart, ending at #81 and #86.
Bruce · Graeme · 21 shared years, 1954–1975 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1975 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Graeme was ranked #18 in New Zealand · Boys in 1954. 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.

Graeme 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 Graeme without appearing here.

Graeme moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4812 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Ronald Compare
In 2010 they stood at #506 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #730.
Rodney Compare
In 1978 they stood at #231 and #223 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1979 that had become #187 and #228.

Moved ahead of Graeme

Ole Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #1265.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #1568.
Isak Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #2318.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2189 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.

Moved the opposite way to Graeme

Aaron Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 while Aaron went from #207 to #24.
Alexander Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 while Alexander went from #108 to #39.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 while Benjamin went from #161 to #68.
Cian Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 while Cian went from #267 to #17.

Moved the same way as Graeme

Adrian Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 and Adrian from #59 to #161.
Alfred Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 and Alfred from #177 to #383.
Denis Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 and Denis from #27 to #161.
Francis Compare
Between 1968 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Graeme went from #267 to #711 and Francis from #24 to #215.

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 1952 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #18 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Graeme

Graeme at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Graeme across 5 official records

Graeme by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Graeme appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Graeme

Closest long-running positions

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Graeme

Graeme and the names beside it

Graeme moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Graeme

Moved the opposite way to Graeme

Moved the same way as Graeme

Graeme at a glance

Graeme across 5 official records

Graeme by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Graeme appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Graeme

Closest long-running positions

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Graeme

Graeme and the names beside it

Graeme moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Graeme

Moved the opposite way to Graeme

Moved the same way as Graeme