Iqbal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Iqbal: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,174, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1174highest recorded position
5groupings 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	#1591
1997	#1174
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#2220
2002	#3225
2004	#3009
2005	#3849
2007	#4333
2008	#3687
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2014	#4632
2023	#4991
2024	#5119

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 17 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 #1591 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: #1174 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Iqbal 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 Iqbal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	28	7 of 10	4
2010s	13	4 of 10	3
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Iqbal 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: #1174 in England and Wales in 1997.

Iqbal'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	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 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,174, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 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.

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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.

Agamjot · #1175, 13y
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Heston · #1175, 18y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Koray · #1174, 28y
Marcello · #1174, 28y
Suliman · #1174, 28y
Sufiyan · #1175, 28y

Iqbal 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 Iqbal without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Iqbal

Tor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3687 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1688.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.
Gustav Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1889 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2005.
Ole Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2754.

Moved the opposite way to Iqbal

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Iqbal

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Iqbal went from #1591 to #5119 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: #1174 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Iqbal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Iqbal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Iqbal and the names beside it

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