Arel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arel: Recorded since 2010, its highest recorded position is #1,906, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#1906highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2010–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2014	#3362
2015	#3004
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2020	#2228
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#1906
2024	#2088

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 15 years from 2010 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2010–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2010
First recorded at #3865 among boys in England and Wales in 2010 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2024
Highest recorded position: #1906 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2010–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arel appears in

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

Names that changed direction repeatedly

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2010 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1906 in England and Wales in 2023.

Arel'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	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 2010 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,906, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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

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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Adiyan · #1906, 15y
Arinze · #1906, 14y
Dima · #1906, 18y
Eiden · #1906, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Eiden · #1906, 10y
Leonid · #1906, 13y
Mehmed · #1906, 10y
Aradhya · #1894, 13y

Arel 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 Arel without appearing here.

Arel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #4789.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #4608.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Arel

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Arel

Aaron Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 while Aaron went from #55 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 while Alan went from #205 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 while Alex went from #52 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 while Alexander went from #21 to #36.

Moved the same way as Arel

Aksel Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 and Aksel from #3332 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 and Albie from #288 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 and Alfred from #154 to #81.
Andrea Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arel went from #3865 to #2088 and Andrea from #3332 to #1859.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2010 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1906 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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