Wednesday

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Wednesday: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,863, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1863highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2006	#4157
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2016	#2966
2017	#4763
2018	#2499
2019	#4001
2020	#3117
2021	#3192
2022	#2325
2023	#1863
2024	#3695

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 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1863 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Wednesday 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 Wednesday in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	23	6 of 10	4
2010s	27	4 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Wednesday 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1863 in England and Wales in 2023.

Wednesday'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	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,863, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Waylon · #2671, 10y
Wayne · #10, 74y
Wei · #500, 16y
Wen · #393, 17y

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.

Era · #1863, 23y
Hephzibah · #1863, 22y
Sariyah · #1863, 19y
Rhema · #1864, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hephzibah · #1863, 22y
Joella · #1863, 25y
Abeer · #1862, 24y
Dhruvi · #1864, 25y

Wednesday 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 Wednesday without appearing here.

Wednesday moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3936 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4373 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Wednesday

Martine Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1541.
Ada Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2701 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1831.

Moved the opposite way to Wednesday

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Wednesday

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wednesday went from #2096 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1863 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wednesday

Wednesday at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wednesday by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Wednesday appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Wednesday and the names beside it

Wednesday moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wednesday

Moved the opposite way to Wednesday

Moved the same way as Wednesday

Wednesday at a glance

Wednesday by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Wednesday appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Wednesday and the names beside it

Wednesday moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wednesday

Moved the opposite way to Wednesday

Moved the same way as Wednesday