Zed

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zed: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #2,546, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#2546highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2004	#3009
2005	#3208
2006	#2870
2008	#3687
2009	#2837
2010	#3865
2012	#4805
2013	#3315
2016	#4810
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2023	#2546
2024	#5119

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3036 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #2546 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zed 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 Zed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	34	8 of 10	4
2010s	15	4 of 10	4
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Zed 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2546 in England and Wales in 2023.

Zed'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,546, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

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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.

Boyan · #2546, 12y
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Sathvik · #2546, 12y
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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Boyan · #2546, 12y
Luiz · #2546, 16y
Amarii · #2544, 13y
Eljay · #2544, 12y

Zed 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 Zed without appearing here.

Zed moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #4527.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #4685.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2870 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Zed

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Willow Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #4001.
Aksel Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #3158.

Moved the opposite way to Zed

Albie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 while Albie went from #624 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 while Alfie went from #57 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 while Alfred went from #139 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 while Archie went from #81 to #10.

Moved the same way as Zed

Aaron Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 and Alan from #262 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zed went from #3036 to #5119 and Alex from #48 to #171.

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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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2546 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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