English
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1983
22 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
451
since 1889
Born an English? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
English was most popular in 1983, when 22 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as English in 2025. Not recorded since 2014.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 16513 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 14122 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 10 | 8132 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | 9553 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 9 | 8804 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 15 | 6008 | 5 | 8435 |
| 1991 | 10 | 7987 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | 7880 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | 5545 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 12 | 6277 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | 4474 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 14 | 5188 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 16 | 4635 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 13 | 5222 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 22 | 3555 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 6 | 9110 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 10 | 6189 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 6 | 8444 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 8 | 6006 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 5 | 3944 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 9 | 2764 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 6 | 3425 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 5 | 3714 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 6 | 3252 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 6 | 3390 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 7 | 3247 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 6 | 3697 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 6 | 3741 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 6 | 3822 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 7 | 3489 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 9 | 2732 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 8 | 2092 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 5 | 974 |
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Names like English
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 59% · boys 41% across all years