Macaulay

maleStatistical record

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

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

Macaulay: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #143, and it stood at #352 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#143highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#143
1997	#251
1998	#308
1999	#381
2000	#468
2001	#686
2002	#1253
2003	#653
2004	#970
2005	#1246
2006	#2087
2007	#1361
2008	#1156
2009	#1133
2010	#878
2011	#1600
2012	#1367
2013	#1247
2014	#2079
2015	#1673
2016	#2027
2017	#2052
2018	#1875
2019	#3937
2020	#2404
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#2007
2024	#1951

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #352 among boys in Scotland, #1951 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #143 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: #143 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Macaulay 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 Macaulay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	508	4 of 10	127
2000sbusiest	218	10 of 10	22
2010s	147	10 of 10	15
2020s	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 131, from 248 to 117.

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

Macaulay 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #143 in England and Wales in 1996.

Macaulay'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#468	43	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#381	59	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#308	84	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#251	117	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#143	248	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #143, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 248 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, 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.

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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Macauley · #95, 29y
Macdara · #204, 32y

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.

Ewelina · #143, 33y
Teagan · #143, 30y
Tiarna · #143, 29y
Will · #143, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bertine · #143, 23y
Teagan · #143, 30y
Tiarna · #143, 29y
Will · #143, 30y

Macaulay was ranked #143 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Macaulay 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 Macaulay without appearing here.

Macaulay moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3937 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #3334.
Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #2325.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Macaulay

Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #974.
Murray Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #1316.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1875 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Macaulay

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Macaulay

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Macaulay went from #143 to #1951 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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #143 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Macaulay

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Macaulay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Macaulay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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