Pijus

maleStatistical record

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

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

Pijus: Recorded every year since 2007, it reached #339 in 2010, and it stood at #3,990 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#2741
2008	#4432
2010	#2400
2011	#3300
2012	#2270
2013	#1920
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#3079
2017	#3996
2018	#3412
2019	#4702
2020	#4608
2021	#3990

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 England and Wales in 14 of the 15 years from 2007 to 2021.

In 2012: #718 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2270 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2007–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #2741 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Pijus appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 75 births with the name.

Pijus across 2 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.

Pijus'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2741 (2007)	#1920 (2013)	#3990 (2021)	14 of 15	75 (2007–2021)	11 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#527 (2007)	#527 (2007)	#718 (2012)	5 of 6	18 (2007–2012)	4 (2007)

Pijus 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 Pijus in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	59	10 of 10	6
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Pijus 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 2007 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2010.

Pijus'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	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	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	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 2007 and 2021, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 3 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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Pinchos · #1889, 23y

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.

Aaira · #341, 17y
Cori · #341, 19y
Domas · #342, 20y
Kiaan · #342, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Kohan · #339, 14y
Aaira · #341, 17y
Adalyn · #337, 15y
Aniyah · #337, 21y

Pijus was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2010. 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.

Pijus 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 Pijus without appearing here.

Pijus moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #3865.
Madison Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.
Sander Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #2941.

Moved ahead of Pijus

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1920 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2079.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1342.

Moved the opposite way to Pijus

Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 while Aksel went from #3589 to #1688.
Albie Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 while Albie went from #400 to #32.
Alfred Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 while Alfred went from #140 to #80.
Archie Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 while Archie went from #33 to #9.

Moved the same way as Pijus

Aaron Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 and Aaron from #49 to #119.
Adam Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 and Adam from #26 to #44.
Alan Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 and Alan from #226 to #352.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Pijus went from #2741 to #3990 and Alex from #58 to #122.

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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 2007 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Pijus

Pijus at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pijus across 2 official records

Pijus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Pijus across 2 official records

Pijus by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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