Mahbub

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mahbub: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #1,889 in 2000, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1889highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Mahbub's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

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	#2357
1997	#2859
1998	#2419
2000	#1889
2001	#2220
2003	#3467
2004	#3009
2007	#3589
2011	#3830
2024	#4270

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 10 of the 29 years 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 #2357 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: #1889 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mahbub 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 Mahbub in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Mahbub 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: #1889 in England and Wales in 2000.

Mahbub'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,889, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 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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Mahdia · #3900, 16y

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.

Imtiyaz · #1889, 15y
Kaidyn · #1885, 13y
Manvi · #1893, 13y
Aradhya · #1894, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ervin · #1889, 22y
Imtiyaz · #1889, 15y
Jobie · #1889, 16y
Pinchos · #1889, 23y

Mahbub 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 Mahbub without appearing here.

Mahbub moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3830 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3830 and #1447 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3589 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #4647.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #4647.

Moved ahead of Mahbub

Ole Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1756.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1761.
Theodor Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #2337.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1889 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2220 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Mahbub

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Mahbub

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahbub went from #2357 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1889 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahbub

Mahbub at a glance

What stands out in Mahbub's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahbub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Mahbub at a glance

What stands out in Mahbub's record

Mahbub by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mahbub appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mahbub and the names beside it

Mahbub moved ahead of

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