Oberon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Oberon: Recorded since 2001, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #1,984 in 2021, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1984highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Oberon's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3134
2012	#4805
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2020	#2682
2021	#1984
2022	#2320
2023	#3112
2024	#2263

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 11 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3134 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1984 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Oberon 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 Oberon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	23	5 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Oberon 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1984 in England and Wales in 2021.

Oberon'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,984, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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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Obi · #758, 26y
Obie · #731, 21y

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.

Braylen · #1984, 12y
Everest · #1984, 8y
Is'haaq · #1984, 16y
Zaiyan · #1984, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aliyaan · #1984, 18y
Hershy · #1984, 20y
Is'haaq · #1984, 16y
Raniyah · #1983, 16y

Oberon 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 Oberon without appearing here.

Oberon moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Oberon

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #1609.

Moved the opposite way to Oberon

Braxton Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oberon went from #4805 to #2263 while Braxton went from #569 to #2088.
Espen Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oberon went from #4805 to #2263 while Espen went from #3039 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Oberon

Aksel Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Oberon went from #4805 to #2263 and Aksel from #3416 to #1132.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1984 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Oberon

Oberon at a glance

What stands out in Oberon's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oberon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Oberon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Oberon and the names beside it

Oberon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oberon

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Oberon at a glance

What stands out in Oberon's record

Oberon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Oberon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Oberon and the names beside it

Oberon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oberon

Moved the opposite way to Oberon

Moved the same way as Oberon