Wilf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wilf: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #610 in 2018, and it stood at #880 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#610highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1578
1998	#2901
1999	#2097
2000	#1889
2001	#1286
2002	#1651
2003	#1132
2004	#1222
2005	#1135
2006	#1048
2007	#1053
2008	#1085
2009	#1218
2010	#878
2011	#1124
2012	#1152
2013	#1404
2014	#825
2015	#1024
2016	#732
2017	#833
2018	#610
2019	#642
2020	#829
2021	#761
2022	#901
2023	#738
2024	#880

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 every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1578 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #610 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #880 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wilf 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 Wilf in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	160	10 of 10	16
2010s	359	10 of 10	36
2020sbusiest	195	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Wilf 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #610 in England and Wales in 2018.

Wilf'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	#880	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#738	45	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#761	44	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#829	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#642	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#610	59	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #610, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 59 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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 →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#880position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
59births registered in its largest year, 201850 to 99 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

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aasiyah · #610, 29y
Ed · #610, 19y
Kyler · #610, 24y
Ronaldo · #610, 27y

Wilf was ranked #610 in England and Wales · Boys in 2018. 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.

Wilf 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 Wilf without appearing here.

Wilf moved ahead of

Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1135 and #3849.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1135 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1048 and #2538.
Isak Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1889 and #3036.
Maddison Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1889 and #3036.

Moved ahead of Wilf

Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1578 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #924.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1132 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #731.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1132 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #875.
Cillian Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1048 and #1084 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1053 and #782.

Moved the opposite way to Wilf

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Wilf

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilf went from #1578 to #880 and Archie from #141 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #610 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Wilf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wilf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wilf appears in

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Wilf at a glance

Wilf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wilf appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Wilf and the names beside it

Wilf moved ahead of

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