Wolfgang

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wolfgang: Recorded since 2003, it reached #1,610 in 2018, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1610highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2005	#2418
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2011	#2613
2013	#4685
2014	#2248
2015	#3004
2016	#2556
2017	#2172
2018	#1610
2019	#2104
2020	#1825
2021	#1782
2022	#2165
2023	#3523
2024	#2443

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 18 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1610 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wolfgang 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 Wolfgang in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	16	4 of 10	4
2010s	71	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	49	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Wolfgang 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1610 in England and Wales in 2018.

Wolfgang'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	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,610, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 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

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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.

Arshan · #1610, 18y
Bennie · #1610, 13y
Carmelo · #1610, 13y
Iyad · #1610, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Arshan · #1610, 18y
Carmelo · #1610, 13y
Iyad · #1610, 18y
Wahaj · #1610, 10y

Wolfgang 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 Wolfgang without appearing here.

Wolfgang moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Even Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2172 and #4812.
Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2248 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Wolfgang

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2418 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #1294.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1782 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #1609.

Moved the opposite way to Wolfgang

Brooke Compare
Between 2003 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Wolfgang went from #3467 to #1825 while Brooke went from #1132 to #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1610 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wolfgang by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Wolfgang at a glance

Wolfgang by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Wolfgang and the names beside it

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