Adnan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Adnan: Recorded since 1954, it reached #225 in 1984, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#225highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#379
1997	#443
1998	#393
1999	#371
2000	#381
2001	#347
2002	#337
2003	#401
2004	#384
2005	#445
2006	#624
2007	#532
2008	#500
2009	#617
2010	#615
2011	#671
2012	#634
2013	#720
2014	#744
2015	#656
2016	#597
2017	#644
2018	#897
2019	#798
2020	#944
2021	#841
2022	#746
2023	#679
2024	#602

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 Norway in 59 of the 70 years from 1954 to 2023.

In 2024: #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #602 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #405 among boys in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1954–2023
Highest recorded position: #225 among boys in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1954–2023).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Adnan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1954, and has registered 622 births with the name.

Adnan across 3 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.

Adnan'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
Norway · Boys	#405 (1954)	#225 (1984)	#335 (2023)	59 of 70	622 (1954–2023)	24 (1984)
England and Wales · Boys	#379 (1996)	#337 (2002)	#602 (2024)	29 of 29	1,561 (1996–2024)	76 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#616 (2012)	#582 (2024)	#676 (2025)	4 of 14	16 (2012–2025)	5 (2024)

Adnan by decade in Norway · 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 Adnan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	8	2 of 10	4
1960s	51	8 of 10	6
1970s	97	10 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	181	10 of 10	18
1990s	109	9 of 10	12
2000s	93	10 of 10	9
2010s	68	8 of 10	9
2020s	15	2 of 10	8

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Adnan appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1984.

Adnan'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	#602	63	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#679	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#746	44	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#841	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#798	39	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#644	55	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#597	60	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#744	43	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#720	45	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#634	55	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#671	48	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#615	53	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#617	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#500	69	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#532	59	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#624	45	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#445	63	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#384	74	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#401	65	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#337	76	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#347	71	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#381	60	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#371	61	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#393	56	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#443	45	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#379	57	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#335	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#418	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#448	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#331	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#421	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#426	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#376	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#460	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#378	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#421	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#411	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#266	15	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#321	11	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#395	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#289	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#443	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#347	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#365	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#310	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#322	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#295	14	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#322	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#345	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#339	13	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#250	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#247	21	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#285	18	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#264	20	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#225	24	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#249	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#380	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#277	17	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#402	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#282	16	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#322	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#370	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#366	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#589	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#399	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#430	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#412	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#368	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#419	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#396	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#512	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#384	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#462	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#479	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#394	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#448	4	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#405	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1954 and 2025, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #225, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 76 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 58 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.

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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Adomas · #457, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Said · #225, 68y
Neasa · #222, 60y
Samira · #228, 64y
Hussein · #216, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Anneli · #225, 64y
Eskild · #225, 54y
Said · #225, 68y
Adriana · #226, 60y

Adnan was ranked #225 in Norway · Boys in 1984. 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.

Adnan 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 Adnan without appearing here.

Adnan moved ahead of

Jakob Compare
In 2022 they stood at #746 and #746 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #679 and #1139.
Phillip Compare
In 2018 they stood at #897 and #835 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #798 and #1253.
Mitchell Compare
In 2018 they stood at #897 and #763 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #798 and #1217.
Jon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #532 and #492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #500 and #789.

Moved ahead of Adnan

Mathias Compare
In 2017 they stood at #644 and #709 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #897 and #584.
Adrian Compare
In 1973 they stood at #399 and #485 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #589 and #280.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #500 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #617 and #311.
Markus Compare
In 1973 they stood at #399 and #447 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #589 and #322.

Moved the opposite way to Adnan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Adnan

Isaac Compare
Between 1974 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Adnan went from #589 to #335 and Isaac from #407 to #214.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adnan went from #379 to #602 and Alan from #163 to #592.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #225 in Norway in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adnan

Adnan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adnan across 3 official records

Adnan by decade in Norway · Boys

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Popularity data

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Adnan at a glance

Adnan across 3 official records

Adnan by decade in Norway · Boys

Adnan appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Adnan

Adnan and the names beside it

Adnan moved ahead of

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