Gruff

maleStatistical record

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

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

Gruff: Recorded since 2006, it reached #1,363 in 2016, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#1363highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2008	#2775
2010	#3332
2011	#2892
2012	#1852
2013	#2055
2014	#2079
2015	#1380
2016	#1363
2017	#3449
2018	#2693
2019	#1439
2020	#4608
2021	#1595
2022	#2755
2023	#2546
2024	#2921

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 18 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #2870 among boys in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #1363 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gruff 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 Gruff in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	109	10 of 10	11
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Gruff appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2016.

Gruff'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,363, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
15 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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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Gry · #31, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Arion · #1363, 21y
Ayaaz · #1363, 17y
Bay · #1363, 21y
Dennie · #1363, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Ayaaz · #1363, 17y
Bay · #1363, 21y
Mael · #1363, 19y
Mohid · #1363, 22y

Gruff 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 Gruff without appearing here.

Gruff moved ahead of

Jade Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #4789.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4608 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #3990.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4608 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #3990.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Gruff

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #967.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1224.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1609.

Moved the same way as Gruff

Brooke Compare
Between 2006 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Gruff went from #2870 to #4608 and Brooke from #1892 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Gruff at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gruff by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Gruff at a glance

Gruff by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Gruff and the names beside it

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