Oriel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#677highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3594
2005	#4798
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2010	#4688
2012	#4171
2014	#5691
2023	#5687

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 8 of the 21 years from 2003 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3594 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Oriel 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 Oriel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	4 of 10	4
2010s	12	3 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

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

Oriel 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 2003 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #677 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Oriel'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	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 2003 and 2023, ranked in 9 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #677, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 1 year 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,523position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 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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Orion · #406, 29y

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.

Atene · #677, 14y
Chinyere · #677, 10y
Yetunde · #677, 10y
Yuvaan · #676, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Atene · #677, 14y
Chinyere · #677, 10y
Dasha · #677, 18y
Inioluwa · #677, 20y

Oriel was ranked #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Oriel 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 Oriel without appearing here.

Oriel moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #4838.

Moved ahead of Oriel

Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3594 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #5691.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2003 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #677 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Oriel

Oriel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Oriel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Oriel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Oriel

Oriel and the names beside it

Oriel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Oriel

Oriel at a glance

Oriel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Oriel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Oriel

Oriel and the names beside it

Oriel moved ahead of

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