Humphrey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Humphrey: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #204, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#204highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Humphrey's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#2419
1999	#2943
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2002	#2005
2003	#3467
2004	#2070
2005	#2754
2006	#2870
2007	#2211
2008	#2276
2009	#1218
2010	#1171
2011	#1688
2012	#1313
2013	#1247
2014	#1061
2015	#996
2016	#1570
2017	#1210
2018	#1533
2019	#1316
2020	#2076
2021	#1984
2022	#1534
2023	#2007
2024	#1460

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #204 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1984
Highest recorded position: #204 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1984).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Humphrey appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 358 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Humphrey 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.

Humphrey'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	#2863 (1996)	#996 (2015)	#1460 (2024)	29 of 29	358 (1996–2024)	29 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#204 (1964)	#204 (1964)	#274 (1984)	14 of 21	60 (1964–1984)	6 (1968)

Humphrey 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 Humphrey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	4 of 10	4
2000s	74	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	202	10 of 10	20
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Humphrey 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #204 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Humphrey'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1210	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1171	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	5	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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #204, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

Humna · #1703, 27y
Humnah · #3594, 10y
Humza · #399, 29y
Hunain · #2301, 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.

Dora · #202, 43y
Turlough · #206, 46y
Aengus · #200, 38y
Kerstin · #198, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Macdara · #204, 32y
Pearl · #204, 53y
Sharan · #204, 16y
Terri · #204, 45y

Humphrey was ranked #204 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Humphrey 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 Humphrey without appearing here.

Humphrey moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1218 and #4527.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1218 and #3227.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1218 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Humphrey

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2419 and #1110.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1210 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1533 and #1382.
Scott Compare
In 1971 they stood at #257 and #280 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1972 that had become #307 and #158.
Nathan Compare
In 1973 they stood at #207 and #267 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1974 that had become #321 and #251.

Moved the opposite way to Humphrey

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Humphrey

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Humphrey went from #2863 to #1460 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #204 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Humphrey

Humphrey at a glance

What stands out in Humphrey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Humphrey across 2 official records

Humphrey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Humphrey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Humphrey

Humphrey and the names beside it

Humphrey moved ahead of

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Humphrey at a glance

What stands out in Humphrey's record

Humphrey across 2 official records

Humphrey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Humphrey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Humphrey

Humphrey and the names beside it

Humphrey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Humphrey

Moved the opposite way to Humphrey

Moved the same way as Humphrey