Bilal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bilal: Recorded since 1966, it reached #197 in 1999, and it stood at #424 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
94times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#197highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#216
1997	#226
1998	#198
1999	#197
2000	#211
2001	#206
2002	#208
2003	#216
2004	#209
2005	#229
2006	#215
2007	#242
2008	#240
2009	#277
2010	#290
2011	#305
2012	#297
2013	#320
2014	#349
2015	#334
2016	#306
2017	#364
2018	#360
2019	#364
2020	#400
2021	#482
2022	#472
2023	#431
2024	#414

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 Norway in 50 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2025: #424 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #520 among boys in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #197 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #424 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Bilal appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 560 births with the name.

Bilal across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bilal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#520 (1966)	#203 (1998)	#424 (2025)	50 of 60	560 (1966–2025)	25 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#323 (1990)	#323 (1990)	#829 (2025)	14 of 36	64 (1990–2025)	7 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#216 (1996)	#197 (1999)	#414 (2024)	29 of 29	4,114 (1996–2024)	190 (2006)

Bilal by decade in Norway · 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 Bilal in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	27	4 of 10	7
1980s	68	9 of 10	8
1990sbusiest	146	10 of 10	15
2000s	137	10 of 10	14
2010s	124	10 of 10	12
2020s	54	6 of 10	9

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bilal appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #197 in England and Wales in 1999.

Bilal'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	#414	97	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#431	91	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#472	84	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#482	83	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#400	103	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#364	121	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#360	125	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#364	128	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#306	158	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#334	140	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#349	126	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#320	133	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#297	154	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#305	146	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#290	155	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#277	156	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#240	186	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#242	172	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#215	190	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#229	155	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#209	177	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#216	158	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#208	161	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#206	153	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#211	154	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#197	163	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#198	163	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#226	138	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#216	144	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#424	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#319	11	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#409	7	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#406	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#390	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#219	18	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#348	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#310	12	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#313	13	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#333	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#410	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#340	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#298	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#360	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#257	18	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#349	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#299	12	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#314	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#276	14	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#322	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#270	15	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#256	18	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#239	19	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#203	25	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#278	16	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#385	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#266	17	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#307	14	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#371	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#332	14	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#421	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#362	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#561	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#454	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#346	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#606	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#563	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#330	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#582	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#520	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #197, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 190 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1990, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Bibi · #461, 29y
Bilaal · #638, 28y
Bilan · #3197, 18y
Bill · #203, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Farah · #195, 51y
Tea · #199, 45y
Evelina · #194, 47y
Milena · #193, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Catherina · #198, 36y
Dereck · #196, 17y
Loretto · #196, 15y
Vida · #196, 40y

Bilal was ranked #197 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Bilal 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 Bilal without appearing here.

Bilal moved ahead of

Jason Compare
In 1989 they stood at #561 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #332 and #625.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #529 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #429 and #701.
Stein Compare
In 2006 they stood at #349 and #343 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #262 and #531.
Roman Compare
In 1994 they stood at #414 and #405 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #266 and #509.

Moved ahead of Bilal

Erik Compare
In 2006 they stood at #375 and #423 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #342.
Jonathan Compare
In 1978 they stood at #330 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #563 and #326.
Jakob Compare
In 2019 they stood at #443 and #710 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #741 and #556.
Theodor Compare
In 1993 they stood at #307 and #350 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #414 and #229.

Moved the opposite way to Bilal

Tony Compare
Between 1966 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Bilal went from #520 to #219 while Tony went from #175 to #438.
Stein Compare
Between 1966 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Bilal went from #520 to #281 while Stein went from #29 to #503.
Roger Compare
Between 1966 and 2013 in Norway · Boys, Bilal went from #520 to #306 while Roger went from #23 to #514.
Ronny Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Bilal went from #520 to #298 while Ronny went from #58 to #515.

Moved the same way as Bilal

Adrian Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bilal went from #323 to #829 and Adrian from #67 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bilal went from #323 to #829 and Denis from #68 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bilal went from #323 to #829 and Edward from #54 to #125.
Francis Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Bilal went from #323 to #829 and Francis from #80 to #309.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #197 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bilal

Bilal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bilal across 3 official records

Bilal by decade in Norway · Boys

Bilal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bilal

Bilal and the names beside it

Bilal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bilal

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Bilal at a glance

Bilal across 3 official records

Bilal by decade in Norway · Boys

Bilal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Bilal

Bilal and the names beside it

Bilal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bilal

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Moved the same way as Bilal