Ghazal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ghazal: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #2,771, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2771highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2011	#4764
2016	#5785
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2021	#3519
2022	#3533
2024	#2771

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ghazal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Ghazal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	16	5 of 10	3
2010s	12	3 of 10	4
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s 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 →

Ghazal 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2771 in England and Wales in 2024.

Ghazal'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,771, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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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Ghulam · #1188, 29y

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.

Atalia · #2771, 14y
Dimitra · #2771, 11y
Jazlyn · #2771, 15y
Kaliah · #2771, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Jazlyn · #2771, 15y
Kaliah · #2771, 12y
Kamelia · #2771, 11y
Magnolia · #2771, 11y

Ghazal 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 Ghazal without appearing here.

Ghazal moved ahead of

Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Ghazal

Rory Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4764 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #4001.

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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2771 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ghazal

Ghazal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ghazal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ghazal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ghazal and the names beside it

Ghazal moved ahead of

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Ghazal at a glance

Ghazal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ghazal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Ghazal and the names beside it

Ghazal moved ahead of

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