Luther

maleStatistical record

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

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

Luther: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,111 in 2020, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1111highest recorded position
4groupings 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	#2020
1997	#1345
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2000	#1552
2001	#1595
2002	#2254
2003	#1962
2004	#1732
2005	#1716
2006	#2870
2007	#2211
2009	#3227
2010	#2199
2011	#2613
2012	#1756
2013	#1247
2014	#1223
2015	#1327
2016	#1123
2017	#1289
2018	#1324
2019	#1869
2020	#1111
2021	#1290
2022	#1224
2023	#1175
2024	#1595

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 28 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 #2020 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: #1111 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Luther 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 Luther in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	65	9 of 10	7
2010s	165	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	106	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Luther 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: #1111 in England and Wales in 2020.

Luther'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	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	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,111, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,595position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 201625 to 49 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.

Bliss · #1112, 29y
Carissa · #1112, 27y
Haashim · #1110, 28y
Joby · #1110, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bliss · #1112, 29y
Carissa · #1112, 27y
Haashim · #1110, 28y
Joby · #1110, 28y

Luther 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 Luther without appearing here.

Luther moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1247 and #4685.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #4805.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1111 and #3334.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1111 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Luther

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1345 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1110.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #1135.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Luther

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luther went from #2020 to #1175 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luther went from #2020 to #1175 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luther went from #2020 to #1175 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Luther went from #2020 to #1111 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.

Moved the same way as Luther

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Luther went from #2870 to #1595 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Luther went from #2020 to #3227 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

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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: #1111 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Luther

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Popularity journey

Luther by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Luther at a glance

Luther by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Luther and the names beside it

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