Bilaal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bilaal: Recorded since 1996, it reached #638 in 2001, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#638highest 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	#898
1997	#809
1998	#813
1999	#750
2000	#710
2001	#638
2002	#753
2003	#1053
2004	#970
2005	#1047
2006	#914
2007	#1306
2008	#1024
2009	#1265
2010	#1620
2011	#1688
2012	#1669
2013	#1617
2014	#3362
2015	#2319
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2019	#3013
2020	#2076
2021	#3017
2022	#2165
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

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: #638 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bilaal 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 Bilaal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	224	10 of 10	22
2010s	93	9 of 10	10
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Bilaal 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: #638 in England and Wales in 2001.

Bilaal'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	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	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#638	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#710	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#750	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#813	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	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 #638, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

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 →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 200125 to 49 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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Bibi · #461, 29y
Bilal · #197, 50y
Bilan · #3197, 18y

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.

Zakariyah · #638, 25y
Shuaib · #639, 29y
Manon · #641, 29y
Nafeesa · #635, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Corah · #638, 16y
Darby · #638, 28y

Bilaal was ranked #638 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. 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.

Bilaal 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 Bilaal without appearing here.

Bilaal moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #750 and #750 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #710 and #1048.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #813 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #750 and #1027.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1999 they stood at #750 and #621 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #710 and #881.

Moved ahead of Bilaal

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Rodney Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1906.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.
Lars Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1617 and #1706 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1421.

Moved the opposite way to Bilaal

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Bilaal

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bilaal went from #898 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #638 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bilaal

Bilaal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bilaal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Bilaal at a glance

Bilaal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Bilaal moved ahead of

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