UK boy's name
Fyfe
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Fyfe is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Fyfe popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2325, with 9 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2016, with 11 births.
This profile covers 79 England and Wales registrations across 13 recorded years from 2009 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 82% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 86 living people in the UK are called Fyfe. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Fyfe ranked #2325 for boys in England and Wales in 2023, with 9 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2016, when 11 boys were registered as Fyfe.
- • Fyfe ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #602 in 2017.
- • About 86 living people in the UK are estimated to have Fyfe as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2325
2023
Births in 2023
9
Latest year
Peak year
2016
11 births
Estimated living
86
2026
Popularity
Fyfe over time
The chart below shows babies named Fyfe registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2009 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Fyfe, the clearest high point is 2016. The latest England and Wales figure is 9 births in 2023, compared with 11 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Fyfe by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Fyfe was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3388 | 17 | 3 |
| 2010s | #3197 | 57 | 9 |
| 2000s | #3227 | 5 | 1 |
Geography
Where Fyfe is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Fyfe. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Fyfe ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #602 in 2017.
Across the UK
Fyfe in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#602 in 2017
2 years of NRS records, 7 total registered
Related
Names similar to Fyfe
- Freddie 46,945
- Finley 42,410
- Frederick 19,866
- Finlay 17,879
- Frankie 17,528
- Finn 14,413
- Felix 14,361
- Fraser 6,470
- Flynn 6,170
- Frank 5,992
- Filip 5,876
- Francis 5,744
FAQ
Fyfe: questions and answers
How popular is the name Fyfe in the UK right now?
In 2023, Fyfe was ranked #2325 for boys in England and Wales, with 9 births registered.
When was Fyfe most popular?
The peak year on record was 2016, with 11 babies registered as Fyfe in England and Wales.
How many people are called Fyfe in the UK?
A total of 79 babies have been registered as Fyfe across the 13 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 7 more in Scotland.
Where is Fyfe most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Fyfe ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #602 in 2017. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.