Ratu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ratu: Recorded since 2003, it reached #2,194 in 2011, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2194highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2470
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2008	#3158
2009	#2837
2011	#2194
2012	#3039
2013	#2216
2014	#3895
2016	#3079
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#3013
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#3254

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 18 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #2470 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2194 among boys in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ratu 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 Ratu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	30	6 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	48	8 of 10	6
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Ratu 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2194 in England and Wales in 2011.

Ratu'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,194, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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.

Chinonso · #2194, 14y
Sahibjot · #2194, 13y
Annaya · #2195, 19y
Billie-Rae · #2195, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Chinonso · #2194, 14y
Sahibjot · #2194, 13y
Saphira · #2195, 21y
Ajwad · #2189, 12y

Ratu 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 Ratu without appearing here.

Ratu moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #4647.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Ratu

Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3895 and #2079.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1135.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2194 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ratu

Ratu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ratu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ratu appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ratu and the names beside it

Ratu moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ratu

Ratu at a glance

Ratu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ratu appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ratu and the names beside it

Ratu moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ratu