San

maleStatistical record

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

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

San: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #1,951, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1951highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2857
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#4333
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2011	#2039
2012	#1962
2013	#2660
2014	#2964
2015	#3004
2016	#2556
2017	#3449
2018	#2693
2019	#3937
2020	#2228
2021	#2493
2022	#3449
2023	#4107
2024	#1951

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 20 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 #2857 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: #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

San 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 San in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

San 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: #1951 in England and Wales in 2024.

San'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,951, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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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Sanaa · #496, 29y

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.

Ebubechukwu · #1951, 15y
Edric · #1951, 16y
Hayaan · #1951, 17y
Kartik · #1951, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Adonay · #1951, 13y
Dominion · #1951, 9y
Ebubechukwu · #1951, 15y
Edric · #1951, 16y

San 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 San without appearing here.

San moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.

Moved ahead of San

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2418 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1962 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2660 and #2403.
Isak Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #3449.

Moved the same way as San

Garry Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, San went from #2857 to #4107 and Garry from #1771 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, San went from #2857 to #4107 and Kelly from #2470 to #3523.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, San went from #3385 to #1951 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, San went from #4333 to #1951 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1951 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

San

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San by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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