Aqeel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aqeel: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #725, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#725highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#725
1998	#1000
1999	#869
2000	#751
2001	#786
2002	#869
2003	#1188
2004	#1038
2005	#1299
2006	#1168
2007	#1361
2008	#1343
2009	#1302
2010	#1483
2011	#1447
2012	#1430
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#2020
2016	#2556
2017	#2512
2019	#3013
2020	#3334
2021	#3990
2022	#1879
2023	#3523
2024	#3254

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 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 #898 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: #725 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aqeel 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 Aqeel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	70	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	182	10 of 10	18
2010s	103	9 of 10	11
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Aqeel 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: #725 in England and Wales in 1997.

Aqeel'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#786	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#725	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	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 #725, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

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 →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 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.

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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.

Ayush · #726, 27y
Safah · #727, 29y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alexi · #726, 27y
Ayush · #726, 27y
Marni · #724, 29y
Aditi · #727, 30y

Aqeel was ranked #725 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. 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.

Aqeel 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 Aqeel without appearing here.

Aqeel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #3449.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1299 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1168 and #2538.

Moved ahead of Aqeel

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Rodney Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1906.
Andrea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #2007.

Moved the opposite way to Aqeel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Aqeel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqeel went from #898 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #725 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aqeel

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Popularity journey

Aqeel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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