Jotham

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jotham: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,186 in 2015, and it stood at #1,235 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1186highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
1999	#2943
2000	#1703
2001	#1949
2002	#1799
2003	#1771
2004	#2070
2005	#2754
2006	#2870
2007	#3095
2008	#2097
2009	#2126
2010	#1551
2011	#1788
2012	#1669
2013	#1920
2014	#1721
2015	#1186
2016	#2027
2017	#3040
2018	#2259
2019	#2728
2020	#1825
2021	#2301
2022	#1692
2023	#3523
2024	#1235

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 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: #1186 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jotham 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 Jotham in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	68	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	120	10 of 10	12
2020s	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Jotham 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: #1186 in England and Wales in 2015.

Jotham'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	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	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	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,186, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,235position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 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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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.

Clemence · #1184, 26y
Enis · #1188, 27y
Ghulam · #1188, 29y
Kerim · #1188, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aqil · #1188, 22y
Clemence · #1184, 26y
Enis · #1188, 27y
Ghulam · #1188, 29y

Jotham 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 Jotham without appearing here.

Jotham moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #4270.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Jotham

Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #2325.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1174.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1799 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1771 and #1092.
Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1186 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #1431.

Moved the opposite way to Jotham

Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Jotham went from #2337 to #1186 while Morten went from #2859 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Jotham

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jotham went from #2337 to #1235 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Jotham went from #1591 to #3523 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Jotham went from #1591 to #3523 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Jotham went from #1591 to #3523 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1186 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jotham

Jotham at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jotham by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jotham appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Jotham at a glance

Jotham by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jotham appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Jotham and the names beside it

Jotham moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jotham

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