Wilson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wilson: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #280 in 2001, and it stood at #619 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#280highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1454
1998	#1263
1999	#1082
2000	#1096
2001	#983
2002	#1128
2003	#945
2004	#790
2005	#1047
2006	#764
2007	#865
2008	#775
2009	#648
2010	#706
2011	#671
2012	#805
2013	#692
2014	#659
2015	#682
2016	#647
2017	#568
2018	#721
2019	#753
2020	#944
2021	#1218
2022	#1314
2023	#1272
2024	#1595

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 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #1595 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2016
Highest recorded position: #280 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2016).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wilson appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 893 births with the name.

Wilson 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.

Wilson'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#568 (2017)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	893 (1996–2024)	68 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#280 (2001)	#358 (2016)	2 of 16	7 (2001–2016)	4 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#500 (2003)	#439 (2004)	#527 (2007)	3 of 5	11 (2003–2007)	4 (2004)

Wilson 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 Wilson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000s	259	10 of 10	26
2010sbusiest	489	10 of 10	49
2020s	109	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 49 births a year.

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

Wilson 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #280 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Wilson'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#753	43	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#721	47	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#568	68	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#647	54	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#682	49	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#659	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#692	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#805	39	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#671	48	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#706	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#648	49	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#775	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#865	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #280, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 68 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 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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Wing · #503, 20y
Winifred · #93, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Dalton · #279, 31y
Miya · #281, 30y
Rayna · #281, 30y
Rylie · #281, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Elis · #280, 30y
Isha · #280, 30y
Joss · #280, 31y
Anna-Rose · #281, 22y

Wilson was ranked #280 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2001. 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.

Wilson 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 Wilson without appearing here.

Wilson moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #3036.
Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1047 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #764 and #1892.
Jade Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1454 and #2337.
Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1128 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #945 and #1771.

Moved ahead of Wilson

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #1132.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #865 and #538.
Arlo Compare
In 2004 they stood at #790 and #875 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1047 and #766.
Kasper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #671 and #701 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #805 and #592.

Moved the opposite way to Wilson

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilson went from #1082 to #1595 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilson went from #1082 to #1595 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilson went from #1082 to #1595 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilson went from #1082 to #1595 while Rune went from #2943 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Wilson

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wilson went from #1128 to #1595 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #280 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

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Wilson across 3 official records

Wilson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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