Rabab

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rabab: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,230, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1230highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2002	#4137
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2016	#5785
2018	#4684
2021	#4634
2022	#2325
2023	#1863
2024	#1230

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rabab 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 Rabab in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	15	5 of 10	3
2010s	15	4 of 10	4
2020s	57	4 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 3 births a year.

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

Rabab 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1230 in England and Wales in 2024.

Rabab'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	#1230	27	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,230, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,230position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 202425 to 49 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.

Quinn · #46, 30y
Quinton · #392, 28y
Rabia · #326, 44y
Rabiya · #1755, 24y

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.

Anabiya · #1230, 12y
Archie-James · #1230, 15y
Inarah · #1230, 10y
Rudie · #1230, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Haroun · #1230, 28y
Dontae · #1229, 27y
Ariba · #1234, 26y
Elisia · #1234, 29y

Rabab 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 Rabab without appearing here.

Rabab moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4684 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1863 and #5687.
Kerry Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #4843.

Moved the opposite way to Rabab

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rabab

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rabab went from #3824 to #1230 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1230 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rabab

Rabab at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rabab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rabab appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rabab and the names beside it

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Rabab at a glance

Rabab by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rabab appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rabab and the names beside it

Rabab moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Rabab

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