El

maleStatistical record

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

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

El: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,022, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2022highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2014–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#4684
2024	#4843

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2022 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

El appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 48 births with the name.

El across 2 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.

El'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2022 (1997)	#2022 (1997)	#4270 (2024)	12 of 28	48 (1997–2024)	6 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#4684 (2014)	#4684 (2014)	#4843 (2024)	2 of 11	8 (2014–2024)	4 (2014)

El 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 El in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	16	5 of 10	3
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

El 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2022 in England and Wales in 1997.

El'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,022, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Elaf · #1371, 19y

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.

Abdul-Aziz · #2022, 14y
Adebayo · #2022, 11y
Adon · #2022, 15y
Humaid · #2022, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abdul-Aziz · #2022, 14y
Adebayo · #2022, 11y
Adib · #2022, 21y
Adon · #2022, 15y

El 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 El without appearing here.

El moved ahead of

Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4812 and #3996 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #4789.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4812 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #3990.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3017 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of El

Mathias Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2587 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2211.
Filip Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2022 and #2337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1286.
Hans Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2837 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2613.
Hunter Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2022 and #2337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1379.

Moved the opposite way to El

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as El

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, El went from #2022 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2022 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

El

El at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

El across 2 official records

El by decade in England and Wales · Boys

El appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

El and the names beside it

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El at a glance

El across 2 official records

El by decade in England and Wales · Boys

El appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

El and the names beside it

El moved ahead of

Moved ahead of El

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