--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2096 og:image:height: 1179 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Boys' Names Prove Popular in the U.K. > Sponsored content. 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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\. 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