Owi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Owi: Recorded since 2011, its highest recorded position is #2,018, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#2018highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2011–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#4647
2013	#3822
2016	#4810
2018	#2259
2019	#2728
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#2018
2023	#2160
2024	#2443

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 10 of the 14 years from 2011 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2011–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2011
First recorded at #4647 among boys in England and Wales in 2011 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #2018 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2011–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Owi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names that rose through the 2010s

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2018 in England and Wales in 2022.

Owi'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	#2443	9	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	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	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 2011 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,018, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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

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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.

Archi · #2018, 11y
Dayan · #2018, 13y
Ezio · #2018, 13y
Henderson · #2018, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Ezio · #2018, 13y
Freddie-Joe · #2027, 11y
Nancy-Rose · #2008, 12y
Ennio · #2007, 11y

Owi 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 Owi without appearing here.

Owi moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4789.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4810 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Owi

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Owi

Aaron Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 while Aaron went from #58 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 while Alan went from #199 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 while Alex went from #59 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 while Alexander went from #23 to #36.

Moved the same way as Owi

Aksel Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 and Aksel from #2892 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 and Albie from #218 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 and Alfred from #158 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owi went from #4647 to #2443 and Archie from #24 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2018 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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