Purdey

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Purdey: Recorded since 2006, it reached #2,843 in 2010, and it stood at #5,927 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#2843highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#3116
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#2843
2011	#3549
2012	#2969
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2020	#5493
2024	#5891
2025	#5927

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 20 years from 2006 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #3116 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2025
Highest recorded position: #2843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 2006–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Purdey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Purdey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	44	7 of 10	6
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Purdey 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 2006 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2843 in England and Wales in 2010.

Purdey'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
2025	England and Wales	female	#5927	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	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 2006 and 2025, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,843, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,927position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Purity · #2574, 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.

Aidy · #2843, 14y
Amerie · #2843, 13y
Amiyah-Rose · #2843, 11y
Eleyna · #2843, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Aidy · #2843, 14y
Amerie · #2843, 13y
Eleyna · #2843, 13y
Emmie-Lou · #2843, 10y

Purdey 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Purdey without appearing here.

Purdey moved ahead of

Finlay
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Kristy
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #4688.
Carol
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #4684.
Jayden
In 2012 they stood at #3549 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #3536.

Moved ahead of Purdey

Dylan
In 2007 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #1516.
Ellinor
In 2019 they stood at #2969 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Fiadh
In 2016 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Francis
In 2016 they stood at #3160 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Purdey

Ada
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 while Ada went from #976 to #40.
Alma
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 while Alma went from #1087 to #211.
Amelia
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 while Amelia went from #16 to #3.
Arabella
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 while Arabella went from #394 to #22.

Moved the same way as Purdey

Abigail
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 and Abigail from #23 to #171.
Aimee
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 and Aimee from #65 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 and Aisling from #1004 to #1892.
Alex
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Purdey went from #3116 to #5927 and Alex from #279 to #2605.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2843 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Purdey

Purdey at a glance

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Popularity journey

Purdey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Purdey at a glance

Purdey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Purdey and the names beside it

Purdey moved ahead of

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