--- title: Lannisters, Greyjoys & Starks Are Popular Boys’ Names in U.K. description: There's no record of any boys called Joffrey or Reek canonical: https://time.com/4000060/game-of-thrones-boys-names/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-17T12:20:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:29.493Z og:title: Lannisters, Greyjoys & Starks Are Popular Boys’ Names in U.K. og:description: There's no record of any boys called Joffrey or Reek og:url: https://time.com/4000060/game-of-thrones-boys-names/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd45dfdc11d72714/69868de0169ab02a8e27924d/tyrion-sad-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) sits in jail white awaiting trial. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lannisters, Greyjoys & Starks Are Popular Boys’ Names in U.K. twitter:description: There's no record of any boys called Joffrey or Reek twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd45dfdc11d72714/69868de0169ab02a8e27924d/tyrion-sad-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Boys' Names Prove Popular in the U.K. by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Aug 17, 2015 12:20 PM UTC  He's been in there for a while. He's been in there for a while.Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Aug 17, 2015 12:20 PM UTC Theon, Tyrion and Bran are the most popular boys names inspired by _Game of Thrones_, [according to 2014 figures from the U.K. ](http://visual.ons.gov.uk/baby-names/)[Office of National Statistics](http://visual.ons.gov.uk/baby-names/). This British trend of naming children after George R.R. Martin fictional characters began in the noughties, when the books were released. It started in 20o1, with 3 boys being named Bran, the second Stark son, and in 2012, 5 boys were named Theon, after the heir to the House Greyjoy. The largest peak happened when the television series first aired in 2011\. In 2014, 18 Theons, 17 Tyrions, four Brans and four Sandors were recorded. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4000060/game-of-thrones-boys-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4000060/game-of-thrones-boys-names/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Boys' Names Prove Popular in the U.K.","datePublished":"2015-08-17T12:20:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:29.493Z","description":"There's no record of any boys called Joffrey or Reek","url":"https://time.com/4000060/game-of-thrones-boys-names/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd45dfdc11d72714/69868de0169ab02a8e27924d/tyrion-sad-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd45dfdc11d72714/69868de0169ab02a8e27924d/tyrion-sad-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) sits in jail white awaiting trial.","caption":"Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) sits in jail white awaiting trial.","creditText":"Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4000060/game-of-thrones-boys-names/","name":"Game of Thrones Boys' Names Prove Popular in the U.K."}}]}] ```