Wolf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wolf: Recorded since 2005, it reached #944 in 2020, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#944highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2012	#3987
2013	#2954
2014	#2248
2015	#2483
2016	#1498
2017	#1627
2018	#1382
2019	#1655
2020	#944
2021	#1329
2022	#949
2023	#1207
2024	#1675

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 15 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #944 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wolf 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 Wolf in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	91	8 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	119	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Wolf 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #944 in England and Wales in 2020.

Wolf'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	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1207	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#949	32	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #944, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,675position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 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.

Wojciech · #131, 64y
Wojtek · #698, 10y
Wolfe · #1143, 11y
Wolfgang · #1610, 18y

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.

Ezrah · #942, 15y
Bonnie-Rose · #940, 14y
Theo-James · #949, 14y
Israr · #938, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Demir · #942, 21y
Ezrah · #942, 15y
Trixie · #949, 23y
Avin · #937, 14y

Wolf was ranked #944 in England and Wales · Boys in 2020. 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.

Wolf 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 Wolf without appearing here.

Wolf moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1498 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3987 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #4747.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Wolf

Matheo Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1207 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1517.

Moved the opposite way to Wolf

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 while Aaron went from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 while Alan went from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 while Alex went from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Wolf

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 and Albie from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 and Alfred from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 and Archie from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolf went from #3849 to #1675 and Arlo from #766 to #15.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #944 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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