Nihaal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nihaal: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #1,322, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#1322highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Stable

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785
2014	#5691
2016	#5785

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

StableEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3134 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nihaal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 200 births with the name.

Nihaal 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.

Nihaal'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	#3134 (2001)	#1322 (2024)	#1322 (2024)	22 of 24	200 (2001–2024)	20 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#5785 (2011)	#5691 (2014)	#5785 (2016)	3 of 6	9 (2011–2016)	3 (2011)

Nihaal 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 Nihaal in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	50	7 of 10	7
2010s	95	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Nihaal 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1322 in England and Wales in 2024.

Nihaal'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,322, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,322position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births 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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Nigel · #27, 69y
Nihal · #692, 28y
Nihan · #785, 9y

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.

Ayhan · #1322, 17y
Hanif · #1322, 27y
Malique · #1322, 25y
Tobenna · #1322, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Eliel · #1322, 11y
Irtaza · #1322, 12y
Jeriah · #1322, 13y
Tobenna · #1322, 20y

Nihaal 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 Nihaal without appearing here.

Nihaal moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3987 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1786 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Nihaal

Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1786 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1903 and #1431.

Moved the opposite way to Nihaal

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 while Aaron went from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 while Alan went from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Nihaal

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 and Albie from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 and Alfie from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 and Alfred from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nihaal went from #3134 to #1322 and Archie from #60 to #10.

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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1322 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nihaal

Nihaal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nihaal across 2 official records

Nihaal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nihaal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Nihaal and the names beside it

Nihaal moved ahead of

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Nihaal at a glance

Nihaal across 2 official records

Nihaal by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nihaal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Nihaal and the names beside it

Nihaal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nihaal

Moved the opposite way to Nihaal

Moved the same way as Nihaal