Mabon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mabon: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #1,309, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1309highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#1949
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#1851
2006	#2870
2007	#1756
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#1852
2013	#1706
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#2335
2017	#2324
2018	#2112
2019	#1316
2020	#1635
2021	#1516
2022	#1879
2023	#1309
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 23 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #1949 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1309 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mabon 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 Mabon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	50	8 of 10	6
2010s	102	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	78	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Mabon 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1309 in England and Wales in 2023.

Mabon'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	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,309, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 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
20births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Amen · #1309, 21y
Ariz · #1309, 19y
Hudhayfah · #1309, 20y
Posy · #1311, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amen · #1309, 21y
Ariz · #1309, 19y
Riven · #1309, 13y
Posy · #1311, 22y

Mabon 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 Mabon without appearing here.

Mabon moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3300 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1852 and #4805.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #4107.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Mabon

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2775 and #1294.
Mathias Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #2211 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2775 and #1511.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1132.
Matheo Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1309 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1517.

Moved the same way as Mabon

Cooper Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mabon went from #3467 to #1595 and Cooper from #1248 to #139.
Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mabon went from #3651 to #1595 and Rune from #3651 to #1460.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mabon went from #2870 to #1595 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1309 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mabon

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Mabon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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