Thirty years of Bodhi
Bodhi in numbers
Bodhi has risen from 3 boys in 2000 (its first published year) to 470 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 561 in 2024. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2014 and 2017, from 118 to 370. It ranked 3,036th in 2000, reached 97th in 2024 and ranks 115th now.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-16%561 to 470
- 5 years+32%357 to 470
- 10 years+209%152 to 470
- 20 yearsn/aunder 3 in 2005
- Since 2000 (first published)×1573 to 470
- Total, 1996 to 20254,511boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 115 · ONS · 561 in 2024
Rank 166 · NRS · 19 in 2024
Rank 169 · NISRA · 13 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | 470 | -16% | 1 in 640 |
| 2024 | 97 | 561 | +5% | 1 in 544 |
| 2023 | 100 | 532 | +4% | 1 in 570 |
| 2022 | 108 | 513 | +27% | 1 in 605 |
| 2021 | 140 | 404 | +13% | 1 in 792 |
| 2020 | 152 | 357 | +32% | 1 in 881 |
| 2019 | 192 | 271 | -4% | 1 in 1,214 |
| 2018 | 188 | 282 | -24% | 1 in 1,197 |
| 2017 | 156 | 370 | +49% | 1 in 941 |
| 2016 * | =225 | 248 | +63% | 1 in 1,436 |
| 2015 | =305 | 152 | +29% | 1 in 2,356 |
| 2014 | =355 | 118 | +123% | 1 in 3,023 |
| 2013 | =637 | 53 | -4% | 1 in 6,762 |
| 2012 | =634 | 55 | +83% | 1 in 6,806 |
| 2011 | =944 | 30 | -6% | 1 in 12,365 |
| 2010 | =897 | 32 | +78% | 1 in 11,592 |
| 2009 | =1,302 | 18 | +29% | 1 in 20,118 |
| 2008 | =1,511 | 14 | +56% | 1 in 25,924 |
| 2007 | =2,023 | 9 | -40% | 1 in 39,385 |
| 2006 | =1,347 | 15 | 1 in 22,827 | |
| 2005 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2004 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2003 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2002 | =2,636 | 4 | 1 in 76,512 | |
| 2001 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 2000 | =3,036 | 3 | 1 in 103,204 | |
| 1999 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate