Se

maleStatistical record

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

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

Se: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #187, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#187highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2005	#3208
2010	#4678
2014	#3895
2021	#3990

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 Northern Ireland in 19 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2021: #211 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3990 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #272 among boys in Northern Ireland in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #187 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #187 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Se appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 118 births with the name.

Se across 3 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.

Se'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
Northern Ireland · Boys	#272 (1998)	#187 (2024)	#187 (2024)	19 of 27	118 (1998–2024)	11 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#3208 (2005)	#3990 (2021)	5 of 19	18 (2003–2021)	4 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#435 (2007)	#387 (2011)	#394 (2017)	10 of 11	63 (2007–2017)	10 (2011)

Se by decade in Northern Ireland · 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 Se in Northern Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	36	6 of 10	6
2010s	37	7 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	42	5 of 10	8

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

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Se 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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #187 in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Se'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#187	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#223	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #187, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 9 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 3 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.

Deaglan · #186, 20y
Dylon · #188, 21y
Sarah-Louise · #186, 20y
Pearce · #190, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Tianna · #187, 29y
Torin · #187, 30y
Brogan · #188, 30y
Coen · #186, 24y

Se was ranked #187 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Se 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 Se without appearing here.

Se moved ahead of

Brendan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #213 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #211 and #433.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #503 and #421 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #491 and #713.
Gregory Compare
In 2015 they stood at #605 and #479 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #491 and #713.
Ross Compare
In 2020 they stood at #334 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #211 and #433.

Moved ahead of Se

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #387 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #324.
Roman Compare
In 2019 they stood at #226 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #334 and #139.
Arlo Compare
In 2011 they stood at #387 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #430.

Moved the same way as Se

Beau Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Se went from #390 to #187 and Beau from #329 to #164.
Arlo Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Se went from #375 to #187 and Arlo from #375 to #45.
Albie Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Se went from #314 to #187 and Albie from #342 to #71.
Ezra Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Se went from #314 to #187 and Ezra from #126 to #42.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #187 in Northern Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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Se across 3 official records

Se by decade in Northern Ireland · Boys

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