Mortimer

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mortimer: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #181, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#181highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Mortimer's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#2859
1998	#2419
1999	#2943
2001	#3134
2004	#3651
2009	#2837
2013	#3315
2015	#3908
2016	#3478
2018	#2693
2019	#4702

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 12 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #214 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1980
Highest recorded position: #181 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–1980).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #4702 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Boys

Mortimer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 63 births with the name.

Mortimer across 2 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.

Mortimer'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#2020 (1996)	#4702 (2019)	12 of 24	51 (1996–2019)	7 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#214 (1964)	#181 (1965)	#288 (1980)	14 of 17	63 (1964–1980)	7 (1965)

Mortimer by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Mortimer in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
1970s	30	7 of 10	4
1980s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Mortimer 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 1964 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #181 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Mortimer'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1964 and 2019, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #181, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
15 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,702position in 2019, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1965Under 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 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.

Aizah · #182, 23y
Imre · #179, 31y
Muriel · #179, 26y
Dearbhail · #174, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Cecil · #181, 38y
Conrad · #181, 45y
Gerrard · #181, 37y
Rafael · #181, 53y

Mortimer was ranked #181 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1965. 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.

Mortimer 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 Mortimer without appearing here.

Mortimer moved ahead of

Madison Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #4749.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #4527.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #4685.
Glenn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3478 and #2804 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #3412.

Moved ahead of Mortimer

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #1745.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.
Fredrik Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1505.
Erin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #3411.

Moved the opposite way to Mortimer

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 while Albie went from #853 to #45.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 while Alfred went from #218 to #97.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 while Archie went from #192 to #19.

Moved the same way as Mortimer

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 and Adam from #16 to #39.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 and Alan from #163 to #312.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Mortimer went from #2020 to #4702 and Alex from #43 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #181 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mortimer

Mortimer at a glance

What stands out in Mortimer's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mortimer across 2 official records

Mortimer by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Mortimer at a glance

What stands out in Mortimer's record

Mortimer across 2 official records

Mortimer by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mortimer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Mortimer

Mortimer and the names beside it

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