Niam

maleStatistical record

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

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

Niam: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #833 in 2015, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#833highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1454
1998	#1821
1999	#1664
2000	#1241
2001	#2587
2002	#1651
2003	#1326
2004	#1732
2005	#1617
2006	#2282
2007	#1666
2008	#1953
2009	#1425
2010	#1407
2011	#1024
2012	#1507
2013	#1183
2014	#1281
2015	#833
2016	#974
2017	#1042
2018	#1040
2019	#908
2020	#1492
2021	#871
2022	#1314
2023	#2007
2024	#1282

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #833 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Niam 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 Niam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	254	10 of 10	25
2020s	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Niam 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #833 in England and Wales in 2015.

Niam'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	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#871	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#908	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#974	30	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1024	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #833, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,282position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
37births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 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.

Efan · #833, 27y
Franklyn · #833, 28y
Manav · #833, 27y
Hayat · #832, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Efan · #833, 27y
Franklyn · #833, 28y
Manav · #833, 27y
Aiya · #834, 23y

Niam was ranked #833 in England and Wales · Boys in 2015. 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.

Niam 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 Niam without appearing here.

Niam moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #5119.
Fredrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1272 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #3254.
Hans Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1953 and #1511 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1425 and #3227.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Niam

Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1241 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #907.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1241 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1326 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #1347.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1326 and #1092.

Moved the opposite way to Niam

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Niam

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Niam went from #2357 to #1282 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #833 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Niam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Niam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Niam at a glance

Niam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Niam 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 Niam

Niam and the names beside it

Niam moved ahead of

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