Kuba

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kuba: Recorded since 1998, it reached #291 in 2008, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#291highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2004	#3651
2005	#1851
2006	#1084
2007	#1125
2008	#684
2009	#809
2010	#758
2011	#812
2012	#765
2013	#910
2014	#959
2015	#719
2016	#974
2017	#968
2018	#1061
2019	#1001
2020	#962
2021	#1329
2022	#1366
2023	#1610
2024	#2088

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 22 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2021: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1329 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kuba appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 568 births with the name.

Kuba 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.

Kuba'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	#2901 (1998)	#684 (2008)	#2088 (2024)	22 of 27	568 (1998–2024)	46 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#435 (2007)	#337 (2009)	#631 (2021)	11 of 15	77 (2007–2021)	12 (2010)

Kuba 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 Kuba 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
2000s	131	6 of 10	22
2010sbusiest	341	10 of 10	34
2020s	93	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

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

Kuba 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #291 in Northern Ireland in 2008.

Kuba'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1366	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#974	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#910	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#812	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#758	39	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#684	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #291, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 10 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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Kulsoom · #1995, 21y

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.

Katelin · #291, 22y
Nolan · #290, 27y
Anabia · #293, 17y
Erikas · #289, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arvin · #291, 30y
Bobbi · #291, 30y
Katelin · #291, 22y
Lowri · #291, 29y

Kuba was ranked #291 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Kuba 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 Kuba without appearing here.

Kuba moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #758 and #4678.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #809 and #4527.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1084 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Kuba

Carter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #338 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #221.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #338 and #611 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #233.
Alfred Compare
In 2011 they stood at #338 and #400 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #401.
Arlo Compare
In 2011 they stood at #338 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #430.

Moved the opposite way to Kuba

Garry Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #2901 to #1610 while Garry went from #850 to #4991.
Brent Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #2901 to #1366 while Brent went from #571 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #2901 to #1366 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.
Tor Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #2901 to #1366 while Tor went from #2074 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Kuba

Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #3651 to #2088 and Arlo from #875 to #15.
Kasper Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #3651 to #2088 and Kasper from #1347 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #3651 to #2088 and Leif from #1878 to #814.
Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kuba went from #3651 to #2088 and Rune from #3651 to #1460.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #291 in Northern Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kuba

Kuba at a glance

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Kuba across 2 official records

Kuba by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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