Alin

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Alin: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #451, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#2300
2021	#3961
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#2771

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 4 of the 20 years from 2002 to 2021.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2493 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2021
Highest recorded position: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 16 ranked years and 112 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2002.

Alin 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.

Alin'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#755 (2021)	4 of 20	12 (2002–2021)	3 (2002)
England and Wales · Boys	#4333 (2007)	#1548 (2020)	#2921 (2024)	16 of 18	112 (2007–2024)	15 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#4838 (2012)	#2300 (2020)	#2771 (2024)	13 of 13	69 (2012–2024)	11 (2020)

Alin 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 Alin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010s	58	8 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Alin 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 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Alin'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

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 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 5 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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Alina · #37, 63y
Alinah · #3197, 14y

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.

Alexey · #451, 17y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Erwin · #451, 17y
Mihai · #451, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alexey · #451, 17y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Erwin · #451, 17y
Kayla-Rose · #451, 12y

Alin was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Alin 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 Alin without appearing here.

Alin moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Alin

Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #569.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Alin

Garry Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alin went from #4333 to #2546 while Garry went from #2211 to #4991.
Abigail Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 while Abigail went from #44 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 while Aimee went from #153 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 while Aisling went from #1150 to #2000.

Moved the same way as Alin

Ada Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 and Ada from #384 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 and Alma from #749 to #234.
Aria Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 and Aria from #294 to #35.
Astrid Compare
Between 2012 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alin went from #4838 to #2771 and Astrid from #607 to #263.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Alin across 3 official records

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