Percival

maleStatistical record

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

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

Percival: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #814, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#814highest recorded position
6groupings 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
2002	#3225
2005	#3208
2007	#2741
2008	#4432
2009	#4527
2010	#3865
2011	#2390
2012	#4805
2013	#2403
2014	#1630
2015	#1786
2016	#1363
2017	#1339
2018	#985
2019	#1189
2020	#1085
2021	#1055
2022	#878
2023	#843
2024	#814

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 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: #814 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #814 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Percival 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 Percival 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	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	139	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	165	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 33 births a year.

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

Percival 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: #814 in England and Wales in 2024.

Percival'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	#814	40	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#843	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#985	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	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 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #814, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

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.

Per-Arne · #245, 33y
Per-Erik · #338, 21y
Percy · #332, 26y
Peregrine · #2320, 13y

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.

Zephaniah · #814, 25y
Zephyr · #815, 22y
Maaria · #816, 24y
Nansi · #812, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hisham · #814, 29y
Ozan · #814, 29y
Romario · #813, 29y
Celyn · #816, 28y

Percival was ranked #814 in England and Wales · 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.

Percival 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 Percival without appearing here.

Percival moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3865 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2390 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1630 and #4632.

Moved the opposite way to Percival

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Percival

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Percival went from #2859 to #814 and Archie from #141 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #814 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Percival

Percival at a glance

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Popularity journey

Percival by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Percival at a glance

Percival by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Percival moved ahead of

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