Maciej

maleStatistical record

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

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

Maciej: Recorded since 1959, it reached #144 in 1983, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#144highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#3009
2005	#1534
2006	#939
2007	#698
2008	#471
2009	#648
2010	#552
2011	#662
2012	#783
2013	#730
2014	#805
2015	#1046
2016	#801
2017	#1289
2018	#1097
2019	#1369
2020	#1935
2021	#2493
2022	#2018
2023	#2813
2024	#5119

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 Norway in 49 of the 61 years from 1959 to 2019.

In 2019: #408 among boys in Norway, #1369 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1959–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #464 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1959–2019
Highest recorded position: #144 among boys in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1959–2019).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Maciej appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 49 years beginning in 1959, and has registered 1,034 births with the name.

Maciej across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maciej's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#464 (1959)	#144 (1983)	#408 (2019)	49 of 61	1,034 (1959–2019)	52 (1983)
England and Wales · Boys	#2254 (2002)	#471 (2008)	#5119 (2024)	23 of 23	617 (2002–2024)	75 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#448 (2005)	#204 (2009)	#520 (2018)	14 of 14	173 (2005–2018)	28 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#343 (2013)	#343 (2013)	3 of 6	10 (2008–2013)	4 (2013)

Maciej by decade in Norway · 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 Maciej in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	54	7 of 10	8
1970s	303	10 of 10	30
1980sbusiest	418	10 of 10	42
1990s	165	10 of 10	17
2000s	73	8 of 10	9
2010s	17	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Maciej 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 4 regions, from 1959 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #144 in Norway in 1983.

Maciej'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#805	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#783	41	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#662	49	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#552	62	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#648	49	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#471	75	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#698	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#939	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#408	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#367	10	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#392	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#356	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#384	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#364	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#388	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#317	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#303	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#250	19	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#348	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#278	18	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#325	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#249	22	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#171	41	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#210	31	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#187	34	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#161	43	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#162	44	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#157	44	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#164	42	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#144	52	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#158	45	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#151	48	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#186	35	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#162	43	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#164	41	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#193	33	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#209	28	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#234	22	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#169	42	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#184	35	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#218	26	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#280	16	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#267	17	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#388	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#406	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#344	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#384	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#359	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#477	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#464	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	28	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1959 and 2024, ranked in 63 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #144, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 75 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 49 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Ailish · #138, 62y
Syed · #136, 66y
Edwin · #135, 63y
Tim · #135, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Khadija · #143, 65y
Wiktor · #143, 36y
Abdullah · #146, 65y
Mohamad · #146, 70y

Maciej was ranked #144 in Norway · Boys in 1983. 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.

Maciej 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 Maciej without appearing here.

Maciej moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1534 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #939 and #2538.
Joakim Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3467 and #3467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #939 and #2538.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3467 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #2754.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3009 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Maciej

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Madison Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1289 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.

Moved the opposite way to Maciej

Aaron Compare
Between 1972 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Maciej went from #218 to #408 while Aaron went from #571 to #172.
Phillip Compare
Between 1972 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Maciej went from #218 to #408 while Phillip went from #611 to #193.
Lukas Compare
Between 1977 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Maciej went from #193 to #408 while Lukas went from #615 to #32.
Ryan Compare
Between 1977 and 2019 in Norway · Boys, Maciej went from #193 to #408 while Ryan went from #626 to #265.

Moved the same way as Maciej

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maciej went from #2254 to #5119 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maciej went from #2254 to #5119 and Adam from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maciej went from #2254 to #5119 and Alan from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Maciej went from #2254 to #5119 and Alex from #42 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 4 regions, from 1959 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #144 in Norway in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maciej

Maciej at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maciej across 4 official records

Maciej by decade in Norway · Boys

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Maciej across 4 official records

Maciej by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Maciej moved ahead of

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