Sohaib

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sohaib: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #780, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#780highest 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	#853
1997	#874
1998	#780
1999	#840
2000	#848
2001	#1135
2002	#950
2003	#1011
2004	#1077
2005	#1190
2006	#1347
2007	#1666
2008	#1242
2009	#1749
2010	#2199
2011	#2613
2012	#2117
2013	#2954
2014	#1721
2015	#4747
2016	#4023
2017	#3449
2018	#3412
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#3449
2023	#4107
2024	#3688

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 #853 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: #780 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sohaib 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 Sohaib in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	73	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	161	10 of 10	16
2010s	65	10 of 10	7
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Sohaib 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: #780 in England and Wales in 1998.

Sohaib'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#848	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	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 #780, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

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 →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 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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Sohan · #1410, 25y

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.

Raheel · #780, 29y
Tahir · #780, 29y
Buster · #781, 29y
Jevon · #781, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Raheel · #780, 29y
Tahir · #780, 29y
Buster · #781, 29y
Emiliano · #779, 21y

Sohaib was ranked #780 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sohaib 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 Sohaib without appearing here.

Sohaib moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Sohaib

Johannes Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1721 and #1819 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1327.
Leif Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1721 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1786.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1721 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #1902.
Andrea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1721 and #2964 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #2020.

Moved the opposite way to Sohaib

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Sohaib

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohaib went from #853 to #3688 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: #780 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sohaib

Sohaib at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sohaib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sohaib appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sohaib at a glance

Sohaib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sohaib appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sohaib

Sohaib and the names beside it

Sohaib moved ahead of

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