Abdul-Sami

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abdul-Sami: Recorded since 2009, its highest recorded position is #3,688, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#3688highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#3744
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#3822
2015	#4747
2016	#4023
2018	#4749
2021	#4789
2023	#4991
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #3744 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abdul-Sami 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 Abdul-Sami in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	21	6 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Abdul-Sami 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3688 in England and Wales in 2024.

Abdul-Sami'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	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,688, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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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Abdulahad · #2325, 12y
Abdulaziz · #949, 29y

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.

Asante · #3687, 10y
Chizitere · #3695, 7y
Janiah · #3695, 11y
Josie-Leigh · #3695, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Asante · #3687, 10y
Adebola · #3725, 10y
Daisy-Jane · #3615, 10y
Oumou · #3615, 12y

Abdul-Sami 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 Abdul-Sami without appearing here.

Abdul-Sami moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Abdul-Sami

Daithi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3987 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #3079.
Rune Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4023 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #4749.

What's not yet available

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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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3688 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abdul-Sami

Abdul-Sami at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abdul-Sami by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Abdul-Sami and the names beside it

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Abdul-Sami at a glance

Abdul-Sami by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abdul-Sami appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Abdul-Sami and the names beside it

Abdul-Sami moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abdul-Sami