Abiel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abiel: Recorded since 2003, it reached #701 in 2009, and it stood at #3,112 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#701highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2012	#3416
2015	#4747
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2018	#3959
2020	#3848
2022	#2320
2023	#3112

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 9 of the 21 years from 2003 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3112 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Abiel 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 Abiel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
2020s	19	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Abiel appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #701 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Abiel'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	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 2003 and 2023, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #701, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 6 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,112position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
6 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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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Abigael · #661, 25y
Abigail · #19, 54y

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.

Iwo · #701, 9y
Klaidas · #701, 9y
Moyosoreoluwa · #701, 13y
Dragos · #699, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Chidubem · #701, 22y
Iwo · #701, 9y
Klaidas · #701, 9y
Kordian · #701, 16y

Abiel was ranked #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2009. 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.

Abiel 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 Abiel without appearing here.

Abiel moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3959 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4789.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4001.
Aria Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3959 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Abiel

Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2003 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #701 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Abiel

Abiel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abiel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Abiel at a glance

Abiel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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