M was the #5,137 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (3 babies).
M as a boy’s name
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
England & Wales
2025
#5,137 (3)
2021
#3,990 (4)
2011
#2,892 (6)
2008
#3,158 (5)
2004
#3,009 (4)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2011 at #2,892.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2004.
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.