James-Dean

maleStatistical record

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

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

James-Dean: Recorded since 2008, it reached #2,892 in 2011, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#2892highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2011	#2892
2012	#3039
2014	#3895
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2021	#3017
2023	#4991
2024	#5119

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 13 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #3687 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #2892 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

James-Dean 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 James-Dean in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	34	8 of 10	4
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

James-Dean 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 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2892 in England and Wales in 2011.

James-Dean'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	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 2008 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,892, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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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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.

Eisah · #2892, 13y
Ekampreet · #2892, 11y
Raunak · #2892, 12y
Wafi · #2892, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Eisah · #2892, 13y
Ekampreet · #2892, 11y
Raunak · #2892, 12y
Wafi · #2892, 10y

James-Dean 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 James-Dean without appearing here.

James-Dean moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2892 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #4632.

Moved ahead of James-Dean

Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Einar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #4107.

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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 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2892 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

James-Dean

James-Dean at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

James-Dean by decade in England and Wales · Boys

James-Dean 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

James-Dean and the names beside it

James-Dean moved ahead of

Moved ahead of James-Dean

James-Dean at a glance

James-Dean by decade in England and Wales · Boys

James-Dean appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

James-Dean and the names beside it

James-Dean moved ahead of

Moved ahead of James-Dean