Gul

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gul: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,416 in 2000, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2416highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2007	#2895
2008	#4524
2015	#5730
2017	#5765
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2023	#4709
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 girls in England and Wales in 15 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 #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2416 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Gul 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 Gul in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	30	6 of 10	5
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	14	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Gul 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: #2416 in England and Wales in 2000.

Gul'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,416, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 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.

Izel · #2416, 15y
Louiza · #2416, 15y
Nimah · #2416, 15y
Rukaiya · #2416, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Izel · #2416, 15y
Louiza · #2416, 15y
Nimah · #2416, 15y
Rukaiya · #2416, 20y

Gul 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 Gul without appearing here.

Gul moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3225 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2416 and #3912.
Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #4137.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Gul

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2895 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #1240.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3142 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #3397.
Maren Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4524 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #4736.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.

Moved the opposite way to Gul

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3225 to #4843 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3225 to #4843 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3262 to #4843 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.

Moved the same way as Gul

Finley Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3142 to #4843 and Finley from #1392 to #3318.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3795 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3795 to #5581 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Gul went from #3795 to #5765 and Helene from #1168 to #5765.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2416 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Gul at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gul by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Gul at a glance

Gul by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Gul appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Gul and the names beside it

Gul moved ahead of

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