Aqib

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aqib: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #358, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#369
1997	#358
1998	#390
1999	#516
2000	#472
2001	#751
2002	#722
2003	#710
2004	#999
2005	#1095
2006	#1347
2007	#1053
2008	#1403
2009	#1265
2010	#1201
2011	#1447
2012	#1367
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#2483
2016	#2335
2017	#2734
2018	#2693
2019	#2488
2020	#1935
2021	#1984
2022	#3449
2023	#2160
2024	#2671

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 every year 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 #369 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: #358 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aqib 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 Aqib in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	221	4 of 10	55
2000sbusiest	233	10 of 10	23
2010s	115	10 of 10	12
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Aqib 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: #358 in England and Wales in 1997.

Aqib'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	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	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1403	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1053	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#710	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#516	38	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#390	57	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#358	66	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#369	60	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
66births registered in its largest year, 199750 to 99 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

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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.

Rajan · #359, 29y
Sabah · #359, 28y
Cesilie · #354, 25y
Montgomery · #362, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alanis · #358, 29y
Cortney · #358, 16y
Ella-May · #358, 28y
Kaelan · #358, 30y

Aqib was ranked #358 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.

Aqib 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 Aqib without appearing here.

Aqib moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #3334.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Aqib

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Conan Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1367 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #1294.
Ronny Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1053 and #1201 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1403 and #789.

Moved the opposite way to Aqib

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Aqib

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aqib went from #369 to #2671 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: #358 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aqib

Aqib at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aqib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Aqib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Aqib moved ahead of

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