Peniel

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Peniel: Recorded since 2003, it reached #2,211 in 2007, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2211highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#4838
2013	#2887
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

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 boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2211 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Peniel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 77 births with the name.

Peniel 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.

Peniel'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	#3467 (2003)	#2211 (2007)	#2263 (2024)	15 of 22	77 (2003–2024)	10 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3548 (2006)	#2887 (2013)	#3695 (2024)	15 of 19	71 (2006–2024)	8 (2013)

Peniel 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 Peniel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010s	30	6 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Peniel 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2211 in England and Wales in 2007.

Peniel'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,211, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

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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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.

Emaad · #2211, 19y
Jabari · #2211, 17y
Innaya · #2215, 16y
Petal · #2215, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Emaad · #2211, 19y
Innaya · #2215, 16y
Petal · #2215, 18y
Unaysah · #2215, 22y

Peniel 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 Peniel without appearing here.

Peniel moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Peniel

Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #569.
Francis Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2887 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #3214.
Noah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2326.

Moved the opposite way to Peniel

Nils Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Peniel went from #4052 to #2263 while Nils went from #2538 to #4270.
Willow Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Peniel went from #4052 to #2263 while Willow went from #2870 to #4270.

Moved the same way as Peniel

Garry Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Peniel went from #3467 to #4991 and Garry from #1771 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Peniel went from #3467 to #4991 and Kelly from #2470 to #3523.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Peniel went from #4052 to #2263 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Rune Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Peniel went from #4052 to #2263 and Rune from #4052 to #1460.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2211 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Peniel

Peniel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Peniel across 2 official records

Peniel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Peniel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Peniel and the names beside it

Peniel moved ahead of

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Peniel at a glance

Peniel across 2 official records

Peniel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Peniel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Peniel and the names beside it

Peniel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Peniel

Moved the opposite way to Peniel

Moved the same way as Peniel