Munro

maleStatistical record

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

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

Munro: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #307, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#307highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2003	#3467
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2016	#3478
2017	#3449
2019	#3013
2020	#3334
2024	#3688

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 11 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #307 among boys in Scotland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Munro 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 Munro 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	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	28	6 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Munro 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Scotland in 2024.

Munro'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#307	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #307, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Scotland in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#307position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

Munir · #1799, 28y
Munira · #1058, 29y
Muntaha · #539, 25y
Muntasir · #2263, 13y

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.

Lauchlan · #307, 15y
Asees · #309, 16y
Lughaidh · #305, 13y
Maitiu · #305, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brandan · #307, 21y
Chanel · #307, 29y
Lyall · #307, 20y
Cj · #306, 23y

Munro was ranked #307 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Munro 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 Munro without appearing here.

Munro moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3013 and #4702.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3334 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Munro

Rune Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #3449.

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #307 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Munro at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Munro by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Munro appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Munro

Munro and the names beside it

Munro moved ahead of

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Munro at a glance

Munro by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Munro appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Munro

Munro and the names beside it

Munro moved ahead of

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