A was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
A as a boy’s name
England & Wales
Scotland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
Scotland
2025
#5,137 (3)
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2024
#3,689 (5)
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2023
#3,113 (6)
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2021
#3,451 (5)
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2020
#3,848 (4)
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2019
#2,104 (10)
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2018
#3,959 (4)
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2017
#3,996 (4)
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2016
#2,335 (9)
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2015
#2,020 (11)
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2014
#2,964 (6)
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2013
#2,660 (7)
#687 (3)
2012
#1,589 (15)
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2011
#2,613 (7)
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2010
#2,941 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2012 at #1,589.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2001.
How common is it?
about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.