Grantas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Grantas: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #629, and it stood at #3,990 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#2741
2008	#2276
2009	#3227
2010	#4678
2014	#3362
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2020	#4608
2021	#3990

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 9 of the 15 years from 2007 to 2021.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2276 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2007–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #2741 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2011
Highest recorded position: #629 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2007–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Grantas appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 40 births with the name.

Grantas 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.

Grantas'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	#2741 (2007)	#2276 (2008)	#3990 (2021)	9 of 15	40 (2007–2021)	8 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#629 (2007)	#730 (2011)	3 of 5	9 (2007–2011)	3 (2007)

Grantas 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 Grantas in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	3 of 10	6
2010s	14	4 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

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

Grantas appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2007 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Grantas'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	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 2007 and 2021, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 2007.

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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,990position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
0 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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.

Grainne · #37, 61y
Grant · #13, 70y
Gray · #688, 21y
Graysen · #2529, 11y

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.

Balazs · #629, 13y
Brandyn · #629, 11y
Maksims · #629, 11y
Rick · #629, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Balazs · #629, 13y
Maksims · #629, 11y
Ze · #629, 14y
Zihan · #629, 12y

Grantas was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Grantas 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 Grantas without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Grantas

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Anders Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #1749.
Espen Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3362 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3478.
Conan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1511.

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 2007 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Grantas

Grantas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Grantas across 2 official records

Grantas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Grantas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Grantas

Grantas and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Grantas

Grantas at a glance

Grantas across 2 official records

Grantas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Grantas 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 Grantas

Grantas and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Grantas