Motty

maleStatistical record

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

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

Motty: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,492 in 2020, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1492highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2004	#3009
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2011	#4647
2012	#2270
2013	#2055
2014	#2964
2016	#3478
2017	#2734
2018	#2259
2019	#2488
2020	#1492
2021	#1860
2022	#2018
2023	#2160
2024	#1758

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 17 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: #1492 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Motty 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 Motty 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	12	3 of 10	4
2010s	57	8 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Motty 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: #1492 in England and Wales in 2020.

Motty'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	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 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,492, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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 →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,758position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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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Mouhamed · #1906, 18y

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.

Arlow · #1492, 15y
Yaqoub · #1492, 15y
Kirat · #1491, 17y
Lavender · #1491, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Niccolo · #1492, 24y
Lavender · #1491, 14y
Noam · #1494, 28y
Ripley · #1490, 26y

Motty 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 Motty without appearing here.

Motty moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2270 and #4805.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3227 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2270 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Motty

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1860 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #1609.

Moved the opposite way to Motty

Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #2859 to #1492 while Brooke went from #1174 to #4608.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #3009 to #1758 while Aria went from #3009 to #4270.
Ronny Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #3009 to #1758 while Ronny went from #906 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Motty

Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #3009 to #1758 and Arlo from #875 to #15.
Kasper Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #3009 to #1758 and Kasper from #1347 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #3009 to #1758 and Leif from #1878 to #814.
Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Motty went from #3009 to #1758 and Rune from #3651 to #1460.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1492 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Motty

Motty at a glance

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Popularity journey

Motty by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Motty at a glance

Motty by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Motty moved ahead of

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