Nael

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nael: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #757, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#757highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2003	#2470
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2009	#4527
2011	#2390
2012	#1669
2013	#3315
2014	#2690
2015	#1442
2016	#1903
2017	#1703
2018	#1683
2019	#1745
2020	#1111
2021	#1023
2022	#1084
2023	#1042
2024	#757

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 19 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3036 among boys in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #757 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #757 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nael 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 Nael in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	5 of 10	3
2010s	104	9 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	151	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Nael 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 2 regions, from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #757 in England and Wales in 2024.

Nael'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	#757	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1084	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1023	28	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2000 and 2025, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #757, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 25 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.

Nadja · #315, 38y
Naeem · #629, 29y
Naevia · #2058, 11y
Nafeesa · #635, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Blanca · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Emili · #758, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Blanca · #758, 19y
Emili · #758, 21y
Enrika · #758, 8y
Estela · #758, 14y

Nael was ranked #757 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Nael 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 Nael without appearing here.

Nael moved ahead of

Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1442 and #4747.
Daithi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #4805.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4527 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #4805.
Willow Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #3987.

Moved the opposite way to Nael

Aaron Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 while Alan went from #262 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 while Alex went from #48 to #171.

Moved the same way as Nael

Albie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 and Albie from #624 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 and Alfie from #57 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 and Alfred from #139 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nael went from #3036 to #757 and Archie from #81 to #10.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2000 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #757 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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