Lyall

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lyall: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #307, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#307highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
1999	#1850
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2003	#2189
2004	#2070
2005	#3208
2007	#2435
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#3332
2014	#3895
2016	#4023
2018	#3412
2020	#4608
2021	#4789
2023	#3523

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 19 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Lyall 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 Lyall 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
2000sbusiest	43	8 of 10	5
2010s	18	4 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Lyall 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Scotland in 2024.

Lyall'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	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	#1765	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #307, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Scotland in 2024.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#307position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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 2 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.

Lauchlan · #307, 15y
Oban · #307, 18y
Asees · #309, 16y
Eathan · #305, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brandan · #307, 21y
Chanel · #307, 29y
Munro · #307, 11y
Cj · #306, 23y

Lyall was ranked #307 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Lyall 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 Lyall without appearing here.

Lyall moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #4632.
Shannon Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1746 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #2189 and #2857.

Moved ahead of Lyall

Braxton Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #605.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2404.
Ole Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3412 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3017.

Moved the opposite way to Lyall

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Lyall

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Lyall went from #1765 to #3523 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lyall

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Lyall by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lyall by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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