Mendel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mendel: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,160, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2160highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2003	#2470
2004	#3009
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#3095
2009	#3227
2010	#2400
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#2660
2014	#3362
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2017	#2734
2018	#3959
2019	#2266
2020	#2960
2021	#3990
2022	#2320
2023	#2160
2024	#4270

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 24 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2160 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mendel 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 Mendel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	35	8 of 10	4
2010s	53	10 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Mendel 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2160 in England and Wales in 2023.

Mendel'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,160, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Elham · #2163, 23y
Mala · #2163, 26y
Uswa · #2163, 20y
Gurkirat · #2165, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anant · #2160, 9y
Elham · #2163, 23y
Mala · #2163, 26y
Rainbow · #2163, 15y

Mendel 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 Mendel without appearing here.

Mendel moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3009 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2538 and #4052.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Mendel

Aksel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2892.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1935.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #2076.

Moved the opposite way to Mendel

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Mendel

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mendel went from #2859 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2160 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mendel

Mendel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mendel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mendel appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mendel and the names beside it

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Mendel at a glance

Mendel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mendel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mendel and the names beside it

Mendel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mendel

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Moved the same way as Mendel