Pharrell

maleStatistical record

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

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

Pharrell: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #381, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#381highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2636
2003	#381
2004	#452
2005	#512
2006	#677
2007	#1079
2008	#1048
2009	#972
2010	#1620
2011	#1600
2012	#1589
2013	#1001
2014	#1223
2015	#2020
2016	#2556
2017	#2734
2018	#3412
2019	#3013
2020	#3334
2021	#4789
2022	#4789
2024	#3688

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2636 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #381 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Pharrell 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 Pharrell in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	299	8 of 10	37
2010s	129	10 of 10	13
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 65, from 4 to 69.

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

Pharrell 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #381 in England and Wales in 2003.

Pharrell'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#677	40	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#512	53	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#452	60	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#381	69	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #381, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
69births registered in its largest year, 200350 to 99 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.

Henna · #383, 27y
Esten · #378, 18y
John Paul · #384, 18y
Aoileann · #377, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Laci · #383, 20y
Layan · #383, 23y
Scarlett-Rose · #383, 19y
Teaghan · #383, 10y

Pharrell was ranked #381 in England and Wales · Boys in 2003. 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.

Pharrell 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 Pharrell without appearing here.

Pharrell moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2636 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #381 and #2857.
Graeme Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2636 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #381 and #2189.
Kim Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2636 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #381 and #2189.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2636 and #1651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #381 and #1962.

Moved ahead of Pharrell

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1786.
Kelly Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3013 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3451.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3013 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Pharrell

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #452 to #3688 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #677 to #3688 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #1079 to #3688 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Pharrell

Jade Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #381 to #3688 and Jade from #2470 to #5119.
Brent Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #2636 to #4789 and Brent from #1322 to #3449.
Garry Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #2636 to #4789 and Garry from #1077 to #3048.
Ole Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Pharrell went from #2636 to #4789 and Ole from #1253 to #4789.

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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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #381 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Pharrell

Pharrell at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pharrell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Pharrell at a glance

Pharrell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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