Lord

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lord: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,189 in 2003, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2189highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2003	#2189
2004	#3651
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2007	#2741
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2010	#2400
2011	#3830
2012	#2721
2013	#3822
2016	#3478
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#3848
2022	#3048
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

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 21 of the 29 years 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 #2357 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: #2189 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Lord 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 Lord in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	40	9 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Lord 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: #2189 in England and Wales in 2003.

Lord'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,189, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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

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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.

Alberta · #2189, 26y
Bryher · #2189, 25y
Fearn · #2189, 18y
Hafiz · #2189, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alberta · #2189, 26y
Bryher · #2189, 25y
Fearn · #2189, 18y
Hafiz · #2189, 17y

Lord 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 Lord without appearing here.

Lord moved ahead of

Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #4678.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4702 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4789.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #4333.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Lord

Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #1440.
Hudson Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Lord

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Lord

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lord went from #2357 to #4270 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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2189 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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