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How popular is the name Gulliver?

Births per year, rank history and how many Gullivers are alive today.

Gulliver (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 4608th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2014, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2079th most popular that year.

The Gulliver you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Gullivers born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 100 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 Gulliver - on average, only one in every 3,030 such rooms contains a Gulliver.

How many babies are named Gulliver each year?

035810200020201996: 31999: 32003: 42004: 32005: 42007: 32008: 42009: 32010: 32012: 32014: 102016: 52017: 42020: 3actual

Where does Gulliver rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631999: ranked 2,9432003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 3,6512005: ranked 3,2082007: ranked 4,3332008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 4,6782012: ranked 4,8052014: ranked 2,0792016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 3,9962020: ranked 4,608

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.

Chart: babies named Gulliver per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2020, peaking at about 10 in 2014
Gulliver: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2020. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Gulliver most popular?

Gulliver peaked in 2014, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Gulliver?

At least 100 people named Gulliver born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Gulliver?

Most living Gullivers are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 11.

Is Gulliver becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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