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How popular is the name Bede?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bedes are alive today.
Bede (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1716th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 30% of its peak.
The Bede you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Bedes born in England and Wales are between 14 and 27, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bede - on average, only one in every 2,525 such rooms contains a Bede.
How many babies are named Bede each year?
Where does Bede rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bede most popular?
Bede peaked in 2005, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bede?
At least 120 people named Bede born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bede?
Most living Bedes are between 14 and 27; the most common age is about 21.
Is Bede becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.