Amel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Amel: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,939 in 2020, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1939highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2000	#2746
2001	#2023
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#1952
2006	#2320
2007	#2895
2008	#2487
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#2460
2014	#3160
2015	#2705
2016	#2547
2017	#3583
2018	#2674
2019	#2458
2020	#1939
2021	#2499
2022	#2673
2023	#2927
2024	#2574

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 girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years 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 #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1939 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Amel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 218 births with the name.

Amel 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.

Amel'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	#3126 (1996)	#1939 (2020)	#2574 (2024)	28 of 29	218 (1996–2024)	14 (2020)
England and Wales · Boys	#4333 (2007)	#4001 (2022)	#5119 (2024)	3 of 18	10 (2007–2024)	4 (2022)

Amel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Amel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	4 of 10	4
2000s	71	9 of 10	8
2010s	80	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Amel 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: #1939 in England and Wales in 2020.

Amel'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,939, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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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Amelia-Grace · #397, 20y

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.

Devorah · #1939, 29y
Francisca · #1934, 27y
Othman · #1949, 24y
Kartik · #1951, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aurelie · #1939, 22y
Devorah · #1939, 29y
Flint · #1935, 20y
Oak · #1935, 18y

Amel 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 Amel without appearing here.

Amel moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Amel

Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2201.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2502.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1939 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amel

Amel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amel across 2 official records

Amel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amel 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

Amel and the names beside it

Amel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amel

Amel at a glance

Amel across 2 official records

Amel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Amel and the names beside it

Amel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amel