UK boy's name
Wilfie
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.
Wilfie is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Wilfie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3523, with 5 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2023, with 5 births.
This profile covers 36 England and Wales registrations across 10 recorded years from 2006 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, 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.
Wilfie is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 40 living people in the UK are called Wilfie. 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
- • Wilfie ranked #3523 for boys in England and Wales in 2023, with 5 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2023, when 5 boys were registered as Wilfie.
- • Wilfie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #348 in 2023.
- • About 40 living people in the UK are estimated to have Wilfie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3523
2023
Births in 2023
5
Latest year
Peak year
2023
5 births
Estimated living
40
2026
Popularity
Wilfie over time
The chart below shows babies named Wilfie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2006 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 Wilfie, the clearest high point is 2023. The latest England and Wales figure is 5 births in 2023, compared with 5 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Wilfie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Wilfie 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 | #3838 | 13 | 3 |
| 2010s | #4436 | 17 | 5 |
| 2000s | #4290 | 6 | 2 |
Geography
Where Wilfie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Wilfie. 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.
Wilfie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #348 in 2023.
Across the UK
Wilfie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#348 in 2023
1 years of NISRA records, 4 total registered
Related
Names similar to Wilfie
- William 117,982
- Wilfred 5,302
- Will 3,185
- Warren 2,787
- Wyatt 2,604
- Wesley 2,513
- Woody 1,951
- Walter 1,918
- Wiktor 1,354
- Wayne 979
- Wilbur 975
- Wade 902
FAQ
Wilfie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Wilfie in the UK right now?
In 2023, Wilfie was ranked #3523 for boys in England and Wales, with 5 births registered.
When was Wilfie most popular?
The peak year on record was 2023, with 5 babies registered as Wilfie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Wilfie in the UK?
A total of 36 babies have been registered as Wilfie across the 10 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 4 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Wilfie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Wilfie ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #348 in 2023. 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.