Priest Popularity by Year
Follow Priest across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Priest birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 24 | #4,249 | Down 177 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 26 | #4,072 | Up 1,594 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 16 | #5,666 | Down 2,793 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 44 | #2,873 | Up 99 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 41 | #2,972 | Up 8 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 39 | #2,980 | Down 398 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 50 | #2,582 | Up 2,157 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 20 | #4,739 | Up 3,401 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 9 | #8,140 | Up 676 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Down 1,768 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 11 | #7,048 | Up 489 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 10 | #7,537 | Up 4,737 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 6,599 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 15 | #5,675 | Up 684 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 13 | #6,359 | Up 2,626 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 8 | #8,985 | Down 1,798 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 11 | #7,187 | Up 986 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 9 | #8,173 | Down 2,079 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 13 | #6,094 | Down 2,032 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 22 | #4,062 | Up 540 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 18 | #4,602 | Up 3,229 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Down 776 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 9 | #7,055 | Down 1,042 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 11 | #6,013 | Up 2,196 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Up 1,703 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 4,377 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 10 | #5,535 | Up 3,333 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 2,618 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 5 | #6,250 | Down 1,315 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 1,857 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 12 | #3,078 | Up 42 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 11 | #3,120 | Down 1,720 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 36 | #1,400 | Up 758 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 18 | #2,158 | Up 2,217 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 6 | #4,375 | — |