Rahul

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rahul: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #247 in 1999, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#247highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#402
1997	#348
1998	#304
1999	#247
2000	#324
2001	#293
2002	#332
2003	#308
2004	#365
2005	#417
2006	#494
2007	#560
2008	#757
2009	#724
2010	#645
2011	#929
2012	#1021
2013	#1462
2014	#1281
2015	#1279
2016	#2175
2017	#2172
2018	#2259
2019	#2488
2020	#2960
2021	#2730
2022	#3449
2023	#4991
2024	#4270

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #701 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #724 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #402 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #247 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rahul 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 Rahul in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	327	4 of 10	82
2000sbusiest	690	10 of 10	69
2010s	201	10 of 10	20
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 69 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births fell by 41, from 122 to 81.

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

Rahul 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #247 in England and Wales in 1999.

Rahul'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#645	50	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#724	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#757	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#560	55	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#494	61	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#417	70	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#365	80	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#308	91	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#332	79	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#293	94	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#324	81	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#247	122	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#304	85	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#348	68	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#402	52	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #247, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 122 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 13 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.

Rahmah · #1353, 23y
Rahman · #1447, 27y
Rai · #1516, 22y
Raia · #764, 21y

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.

Caoilinn · #246, 30y
Errol · #246, 30y
Jac · #246, 29y
Naoimh · #248, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kasey · #247, 31y
Kym · #247, 22y
Maisey · #247, 29y
Maizie · #247, 29y

Rahul was ranked #247 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Rahul 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 Rahul without appearing here.

Rahul moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1996 they stood at #402 and #402 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #348 and #471.

Moved ahead of Rahul

Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #3112.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Hans Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2320.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Rahul

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Rahul

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahul went from #402 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #247 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Rahul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rahul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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