Abir

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abir: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,596 in 2008, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1596highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#3848
2002	#4137
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2007	#3667
2009	#5556
2016	#5785

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year 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 #2020 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: #1596 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abir appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 192 births with the name.

Abir across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Abir's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1596 (2008)	#2921 (2024)	29 of 29	192 (1996–2024)	13 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#2411 (1997)	#2411 (1997)	#5785 (2016)	8 of 20	31 (1997–2016)	6 (1997)

Abir 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 Abir in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	4 of 10	4
2000s	63	10 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

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 →

Abir 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: #1596 in England and Wales in 2008.

Abir'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,596, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

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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Abisha · #2085, 24y

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.

Ebrima · #1596, 24y
Kazim · #1596, 26y
Oluwademilade · #1596, 27y
Sahana · #1596, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ebrima · #1596, 24y
Kazim · #1596, 26y
Oluwademilade · #1596, 27y
Sahana · #1596, 27y

Abir 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 Abir without appearing here.

Abir moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2319 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2319 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3079 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #4749.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Abir

Shea Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1823.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2020 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.
Ida Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.
Therese Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.

Moved the opposite way to Abir

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Abir

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abir went from #2020 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1596 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abir

Abir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abir across 2 official records

Abir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abir appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abir and the names beside it

Abir moved ahead of

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Abir at a glance

Abir across 2 official records

Abir by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abir appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abir and the names beside it

Abir moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abir

Moved the opposite way to Abir

Moved the same way as Abir