Kemal

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kemal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kemal: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,040, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1040highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1761
1998	#1367
1999	#1850
2000	#1330
2001	#1746
2002	#1253
2003	#1962
2004	#1878
2005	#1617
2006	#3385
2007	#2435
2008	#2507
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#4647
2012	#2721
2013	#2660
2014	#2964
2015	#2483
2016	#2804
2017	#1470
2018	#2112
2019	#1869
2020	#2228
2021	#2493
2022	#2165
2023	#2546
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1040 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kemal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kemal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	78	10 of 10	8
2010s	83	10 of 10	8
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kemal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1040 in England and Wales in 1996.

Kemal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,040, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kemuel · #3158, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Burak · #1040, 29y
Hakan · #1040, 27y
Raif · #1040, 26y
Harsh · #1038, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Burak · #1040, 29y
Hakan · #1040, 27y
Raif · #1040, 26y
Shahbaz · #1040, 18y

Kemal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kemal without appearing here.

Kemal moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #4001.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Kemal

Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1342.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2194.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1617 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.

Moved the opposite way to Kemal

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kemal

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kemal went from #1040 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1040 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kemal

Kemal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kemal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kemal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kemal and the names beside it

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Kemal at a glance

Kemal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kemal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kemal and the names beside it

Kemal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kemal

Moved the opposite way to Kemal

Moved the same way as Kemal