Wolfe

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wolfe: Recorded since 2009, its highest recorded position is #1,143, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#1143highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#4527
2014	#2690
2016	#3079
2017	#3040
2018	#1991
2019	#1316
2020	#1825
2021	#1516
2022	#1143
2023	#1533
2024	#1322

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 11 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #4527 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #1143 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wolfe 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 Wolfe in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	49	5 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	88	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Wolfe 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1143 in England and Wales in 2022.

Wolfe'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1516	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,143, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,322position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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.

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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.

Eliza-Rose · #1144, 16y
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Kairav · #1139, 14y
Elsie-Rae · #1136, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Eliza-Rose · #1144, 16y
Zidaan · #1139, 19y
Layla-May · #1150, 18y
Haniyah · #1135, 23y

Wolfe 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 Wolfe without appearing here.

Wolfe moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1991 and #4749.
Courtney Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1991 and #3959.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.

Moved the opposite way to Wolfe

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 while Aaron went from #54 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 while Alan went from #193 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 while Alex went from #50 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Wolfe

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 and Albie from #291 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 and Alfred from #146 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfe went from #4527 to #1322 and Archie from #20 to #10.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1143 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wolfe

Wolfe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wolfe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Wolfe at a glance

Wolfe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Wolfe and the names beside it

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