Abdel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abdel: Recorded since 1996, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

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	#2337
1999	#2943
2000	#1889
2001	#1949
2002	#2254
2003	#1771
2004	#1347
2005	#2418
2006	#1744
2007	#2435
2008	#3158
2009	#3744
2010	#2036
2011	#3300
2012	#3039
2013	#2954
2014	#2690
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#2734
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2020	#4608
2021	#4789
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 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2003: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1771 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abdel 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 Abdel 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	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	56	10 of 10	6
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Abdel appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Abdel'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Arif · #500, 29y
Ata · #500, 23y
Basit · #500, 22y
Damilola · #500, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arif · #500, 29y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y
Basit · #500, 22y

Abdel was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Abdel 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 Abdel without appearing here.

Abdel moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #3865.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Kerry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2943 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1889 and #3036.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Abdel

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2036 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.
Isak Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2488.
Daithi Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3937 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #3334.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Abdel

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

Moved the same way as Abdel

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

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Abdel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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