Rares

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rares: Recorded since 2007, it reached #443 in 2020, and it stood at #773 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#443highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#2544
2010	#3332
2012	#1962
2013	#1706
2014	#1560
2015	#1024
2016	#801
2017	#597
2018	#492
2019	#481
2020	#443
2021	#520
2022	#561
2023	#651
2024	#773

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

In 2024: #773 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #4333 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
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #773 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rares appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 683 births with the name.

Rares 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.

Rares'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	#4333 (2007)	#443 (2020)	#773 (2024)	17 of 18	683 (2007–2024)	91 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#532 (2009)	#506 (2019)	#785 (2024)	8 of 16	33 (2009–2024)	6 (2019)

Rares 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 Rares in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	3 of 10	5
2010s	337	9 of 10	37
2020sbusiest	331	5 of 10	66

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 66 births a year.

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

Rares 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 2 regions, from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #443 in England and Wales in 2020.

Rares'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	#773	44	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#561	67	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#520	75	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#443	91	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#481	83	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#492	80	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#597	62	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #443, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 2 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 2 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.

Celestine · #443, 21y
Eshal · #443, 21y
Evanas · #443, 15y
Aimee-Rose · #444, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Eshal · #443, 21y
Evanas · #443, 15y
Veda · #443, 18y
Aimee-Rose · #444, 12y

Rares was ranked #443 in England and Wales · Boys in 2020. 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.

Rares 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 Rares without appearing here.

Rares moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4333 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1024 and #4747.
Einar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1024 and #4747.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3332 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1962 and #4805.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3332 and #1911 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1962 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Rares

Harris Compare
In 2022 they stood at #506 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #436.
Carter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #532 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #221.
Jackson Compare
In 2011 they stood at #532 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #379.
Lachlan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #532 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #401.

Moved the opposite way to Rares

Aaron Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 while Aaron went from #49 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 while Alan went from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 while Alex went from #58 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Rares

Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 and Aksel from #3589 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 and Albie from #400 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 and Alfred from #140 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rares went from #4333 to #773 and Archie from #33 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2 regions, from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #443 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rares

Rares at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rares across 2 official records

Rares by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rares appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Rares moved ahead of

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Rares at a glance

Rares across 2 official records

Rares by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rares appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Rares

Rares and the names beside it

Rares moved ahead of

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