Athan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Athan: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #2,857, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2857highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2857
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2012	#3039
2014	#3362
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2018	#3412
2019	#4702
2023	#4107
2024	#4270

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 14 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #2857 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2857 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Athan 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 Athan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	32	8 of 10	4
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Athan 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2857 in England and Wales in 2003.

Athan'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,857, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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.

Ahsen · #2857, 13y
Annas · #2857, 16y
Bakary · #2857, 10y
Bertrand · #2857, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Ahsen · #2857, 13y
Bakary · #2857, 10y
Wisam · #2857, 15y
Zubeyr · #2857, 10y

Athan 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 Athan without appearing here.

Athan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Athan

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Isak Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.
Daithi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.

Moved the opposite way to Athan

Albie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 while Albie went from #490 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 while Archie went from #50 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 while Arlo went from #1188 to #15.
Arthur Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 while Arthur went from #168 to #4.

Moved the same way as Athan

Aaron Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 and Aaron from #43 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 and Adam from #18 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 and Alan from #296 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Athan went from #2857 to #4270 and Alex from #42 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2857 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Athan

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Athan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Athan at a glance

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