Piran

maleStatistical record

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

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

Piran: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #1,280 in 2004, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1280highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#1485
1999	#1383
2000	#1889
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#1962
2004	#1280
2005	#2174
2006	#1469
2007	#1578
2008	#1511
2009	#1494
2010	#1911
2011	#2390
2012	#1507
2013	#1920
2014	#2964
2015	#2319
2016	#2027
2017	#1812
2018	#1683
2019	#1587
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

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 every year 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 #2337 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: #1280 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Piran 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 Piran in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Piran 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: #1280 in England and Wales in 2004.

Piran'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	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	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,280, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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.

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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.

Brynley · #1280, 28y
Sabir · #1280, 29y
Abdulmalik · #1281, 25y
Hayyan · #1281, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brynley · #1280, 28y
Sabir · #1280, 29y
Abdulmalik · #1281, 25y
Faraaz · #1281, 13y

Piran 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 Piran without appearing here.

Piran moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2319 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Piran

Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1587 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1548.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1587 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1935.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1911 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Piran

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Piran

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Piran went from #2337 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1280 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Piran

Piran at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Piran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Piran appears in

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Piran at a glance

Piran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Piran appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Piran and the names beside it

Piran moved ahead of

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