Islam

maleStatistical record

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

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

Islam: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,092 in 2003, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1092highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2859
1998	#1485
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#2220
2002	#2636
2003	#1092
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#4052
2007	#2023
2008	#2097
2009	#1981
2010	#1801
2011	#4647
2012	#2458
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2015	#3004
2016	#2556
2017	#3040
2018	#2693
2019	#3411
2021	#2125
2022	#3449
2023	#2813
2024	#1595

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 · 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 #1765 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: #1092 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Islam 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 Islam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	70	10 of 10	7
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	38	4 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Islam 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: #1092 in England and Wales in 2003.

Islam'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	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 #1,092, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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 →
24 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 →
#1,595position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Avrohom · #1092, 29y
Faatimah · #1093, 29y
Alarna · #1094, 29y
Bessie · #1094, 27y

Islam 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 Islam without appearing here.

Islam moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Islam

Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #875.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #906.
Tadhg Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #1326 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1222.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1092 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #1347.

Moved the same way as Islam

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Islam went from #2859 to #1595 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Islam went from #1765 to #2813 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Islam went from #1765 to #2813 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Islam went from #1765 to #2813 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1092 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Islam

Islam at a glance

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Popularity journey

Islam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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