Hanish

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hanish: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #2,813, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2813highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Hanish's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2011	#4647
2015	#3908
2017	#4812
2018	#4749
2020	#3334
2021	#4789
2022	#4001
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 10 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2813 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hanish 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 Hanish in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	13	4 of 10	3
2020sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Hanish 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2813 in England and Wales in 2023.

Hanish'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	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,813, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

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
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
14 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

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The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Deyan · #2813, 11y
Emory · #2813, 8y
Griffydd · #2813, 11y
Khang · #2813, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Khang · #2813, 11y
Casimir · #2837, 10y
Kimia · #2783, 24y
Nataliya · #2843, 17y

Hanish 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 Hanish without appearing here.

Hanish moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Espen Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4107.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Hanish

Rune Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3449.
Arne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #2960.

Moved the opposite way to Hanish

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Hanish

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanish went from #2863 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2813 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hanish

Hanish at a glance

What stands out in Hanish's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hanish by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Hanish at a glance

What stands out in Hanish's record

Hanish by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hanish appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hanish and the names beside it

Hanish moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hanish

Moved the opposite way to Hanish

Moved the same way as Hanish