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How popular is the name Lancelot?

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

Lancelot (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 2010, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3865th most popular that year.

The Lancelot you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Lancelots born in England and Wales are between 8 and 25, and there are at least 76 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 Lancelot - on average, only one in every 3,987 such rooms contains a Lancelot.

How many babies are named Lancelot each year?

0123420202001: 32007: 32010: 42018: 32020: 3actual

Where does Lancelot rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202001: ranked 3,1342007: ranked 4,3332010: ranked 3,8652018: ranked 4,7492020: 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 Lancelot per year in England and Wales, 2001 to 2020, peaking at about 4 in 2010
Lancelot: births per year in England and Wales, 2001-2020. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Lancelot most popular?

Lancelot peaked in 2010, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Lancelot?

At least 76 people named Lancelot born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Lancelot?

Most living Lancelots are between 8 and 25; the most common age is about 7.

Is Lancelot becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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