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How popular is the name Major?
Births per year, rank history and how many Majors are alive today.
Major (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2018, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1683rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2018; the 2024 figure is roughly 29% of its peak.
The Major you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Majors born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 97 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 Major - on average, only one in every 3,124 such rooms contains a Major.
How many babies are named Major each year?
Where does Major 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 Major most popular?
Major peaked in 2018, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Major?
At least 97 people named Major born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Major?
Most living Majors are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 8.
Is Major becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2018 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.