Saqib

maleStatistical record

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

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

Saqib: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #481, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#481highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#481
1997	#505
1998	#616
1999	#603
2000	#596
2001	#576
2002	#753
2003	#976
2004	#731
2005	#1456
2006	#1280
2007	#1666
2008	#1457
2009	#1302
2010	#1724
2011	#2390
2012	#2270
2013	#2403
2014	#2690
2015	#3908
2016	#4023
2017	#3449
2018	#4749
2019	#3013
2020	#3334
2022	#3449
2024	#5119

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #481 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: #481 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Saqib 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 Saqib in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	133	4 of 10	33
2000sbusiest	213	10 of 10	21
2010s	67	10 of 10	7
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Saqib 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #481 in England and Wales in 1996.

Saqib'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#731	31	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#576	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#603	29	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#616	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#505	37	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#481	38	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #481, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 199625 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.

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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.

Zaynah · #480, 29y
Mahima · #485, 27y
Shivam · #477, 29y
Subhaan · #477, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Zaynah · #480, 29y
Camelia · #483, 23y
Catarina · #483, 30y
Hawwa · #483, 27y

Saqib was ranked #481 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Saqib 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 Saqib without appearing here.

Saqib moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 1997 they stood at #505 and #471 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #616 and #669.

Moved ahead of Saqib

Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Andrea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2690 and #2964 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #2020.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.

Moved the opposite way to Saqib

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Saqib

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saqib went from #481 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #481 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saqib

Saqib at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saqib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Saqib at a glance

Saqib by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Saqib moved ahead of

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