Haydn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Haydn: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #215, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#215highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2009	#5556

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #726 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #215 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: #215 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Haydn appears in 2 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 2,410 births with the name.

Haydn 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.

Haydn'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	#215 (1996)	#215 (1996)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	2,410 (1996–2024)	146 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#3225 (1999)	#5556 (2009)	5 of 11	16 (1999–2009)	4 (1999)

Haydn 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 Haydn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	516	4 of 10	129
2000sbusiest	1,228	10 of 10	123
2010s	587	10 of 10	59
2020s	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 123 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 41, from 136 to 95.

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

Haydn 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #215 in England and Wales in 1996.

Haydn'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1366	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1192	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#958	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#931	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#726	47	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#807	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#695	47	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#486	79	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#415	96	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#484	76	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#372	109	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#406	95	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#302	136	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#322	116	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#254	146	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#276	117	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#261	125	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#238	135	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#220	143	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#259	107	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#262	108	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#232	132	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#266	105	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#229	134	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#215	145	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #215, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 146 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 20 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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Hayder · #1440, 27y
Hayes · #727, 11y
Hayfa · #3594, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Radha · #215, 27y
Cai · #214, 29y
Cailin · #213, 30y
Tallulah · #213, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arwen · #215, 26y
Ember · #215, 24y
Radha · #215, 27y
Cai · #214, 29y

Haydn was ranked #215 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Haydn 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 Haydn without appearing here.

Haydn moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1782 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1366 and #2018.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1366 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #2160.
Brett Compare
In 2000 they stood at #262 and #246 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #259 and #341.
Grant Compare
In 1998 they stood at #266 and #232 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #232 and #309.

Moved ahead of Haydn

Colin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #1000.
Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #1282.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #1460.
Conan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1192 and #1379 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1782 and #1023.

Moved the opposite way to Haydn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Haydn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Haydn went from #215 to #2443 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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #215 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Haydn

Haydn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Haydn across 2 official records

Haydn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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