Abyan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abyan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,630 in 2014, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1630highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2003	#4373
2006	#4157
2007	#3667
2008	#4524
2015	#5730
2024	#4843

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 girls in England and Wales in 7 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1630 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Abyan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 19 ranked years and 141 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 1997.

Abyan 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.

Abyan'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 · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#3667 (2007)	#4843 (2024)	7 of 28	26 (1997–2024)	5 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#1630 (2014)	#5119 (2024)	19 of 22	141 (2003–2024)	14 (2012)

Abyan 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 Abyan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	40	6 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	82	9 of 10	9
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Abyan 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1630 in England and Wales in 2014.

Abyan'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,630, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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.

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

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.

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Jaylon · #1630, 17y
Narayan · #1630, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Austyn · #1630, 23y
Ehsaan · #1630, 26y
Narayan · #1630, 22y
Brinley · #1629, 27y

Abyan 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 Abyan without appearing here.

Abyan moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #4805.
Brooke Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1909 and #4647.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2318 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Abyan

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1630 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #1902.

Moved the opposite way to Abyan

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 while Albie went from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 while Archie went from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 while Arlo went from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 while Arthur went from #168 to #4.

Moved the same way as Abyan

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 and Aaron from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 and Adam from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 and Alan from #296 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abyan went from #3467 to #5119 and Alex from #42 to #171.

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1630 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abyan

Abyan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abyan across 2 official records

Abyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abyan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abyan and the names beside it

Abyan moved ahead of

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Abyan at a glance

Abyan across 2 official records

Abyan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abyan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abyan and the names beside it

Abyan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abyan

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