Abdur-Raheem

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abdur-Raheem: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,923 in 2017, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1923highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2097
2001	#2220
2002	#2005
2003	#2857
2004	#3651
2005	#1991
2006	#2087
2007	#2435
2008	#2775
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#3039
2013	#2055
2014	#2690
2015	#2150
2016	#2556
2017	#1923
2018	#1991
2019	#3411
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2022	#4001
2023	#4107
2024	#3254

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 25 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2097 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1923 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abdur-Raheem 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 Abdur-Raheem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	52	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	77	10 of 10	8
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Abdur-Raheem 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1923 in England and Wales in 2017.

Abdur-Raheem'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	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	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,923, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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.

Nishaan · #1923, 22y
Amaara · #1920, 25y
Maximillion · #1920, 22y
Almas · #1914, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fawad · #1923, 19y
Nishaan · #1923, 22y
Amaara · #1920, 25y
Maximillion · #1920, 22y

Abdur-Raheem 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 Abdur-Raheem without appearing here.

Abdur-Raheem moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Abdur-Raheem

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2960 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2301.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #1440.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Abdur-Raheem

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 while Albie went from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 while Alfie went from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 while Alfred went from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 while Archie went from #108 to #10.

Moved the same way as Abdur-Raheem

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 and Aaron from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 and Alan from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdur-Raheem went from #2097 to #3254 and Alex from #45 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1923 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abdur-Raheem

Abdur-Raheem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abdur-Raheem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abdur-Raheem appears in

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Abdur-Raheem at a glance

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abdur-Raheem and the names beside it

Abdur-Raheem moved ahead of

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