Ganesh was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
Ganesh as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
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
US
England & Wales
2025
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#5,137 (3)
2021
#10,799 (6)
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2020
#12,022 (5)
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2017
#10,775 (6)
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2015
#8,744 (8)
#4,747 (3)
2014
#12,108 (5)
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2013
#9,655 (7)
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2012
#8,158 (9)
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2011
#12,287 (5)
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2010
#8,803 (8)
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2009
#6,802 (12)
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2008
#11,037 (6)
#3,158 (5)
2007
#5,901 (14)
#3,589 (4)
2006
#7,998 (9)
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2005
#6,226 (12)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2008 at #3,158.
First recorded in England & Wales in 1997.
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.