Phelim

maleStatistical record

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

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

Phelim: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #164, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#164highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1999	#2943
2009	#4527

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 44 of the 52 years from 1964 to 2015.

In 2010: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2015
Highest recorded position: #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #415 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2017.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Phelim appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 256 births with the name.

Phelim across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Phelim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#164 (1964)	#164 (1964)	#615 (2015)	44 of 52	256 (1964–2015)	12 (1979)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#218 (2001)	#415 (2017)	8 of 20	33 (1998–2017)	5 (2001)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2863 (1996)	#4527 (2009)	3 of 14	9 (1996–2009)	3 (1996)

Phelim by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Phelim in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	35	5 of 10	7
1970s	67	10 of 10	7
1980s	59	9 of 10	7
1990s	35	8 of 10	4
2000s	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	16	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Phelim appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #164 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Phelim'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
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#276	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2017, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #164, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Dervla · #161, 49y
Ernest · #167, 48y
Arkadiusz · #168, 47y
Kealan · #168, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Coleman · #164, 24y
Hanora · #164, 26y
Paraic · #164, 49y
Agata · #166, 56y

Phelim was ranked #164 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Phelim 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 Phelim without appearing here.

Phelim moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 2011 they stood at #527 and #527 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #718.
Garry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #596 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #629.
Jon Compare
In 2006 they stood at #596 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #629.
Roger Compare
In 2006 they stood at #596 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #527 and #629.

Moved ahead of Phelim

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Mohammed Compare
In 2005 they stood at #403 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #596 and #314.
Finley Compare
In 2005 they stood at #403 and #518 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #596 and #334.
Xavier Compare
In 2008 they stood at #346 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #532 and #271.

Moved the opposite way to Phelim

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 while Alexander went from #116 to #46.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 while Benjamin went from #139 to #58.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 while Conor went from #56 to #4.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Phelim

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 and Adrian from #65 to #173.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 and Alan from #29 to #109.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 and Alfred from #134 to #421.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Phelim went from #164 to #615 and Andrew from #34 to #60.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #164 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Phelim

Phelim at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Phelim across 3 official records

Phelim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Phelim at a glance

Phelim across 3 official records

Phelim by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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