Sohail

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sohail: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #305, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#305highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#305
1997	#403
1998	#369
1999	#363
2000	#369
2001	#401
2002	#577
2003	#519
2004	#625
2005	#766
2006	#984
2007	#820
2008	#1085
2009	#1033
2010	#1082
2011	#1251
2012	#2458
2013	#1706
2014	#2459
2015	#3004
2016	#4810
2017	#2324
2018	#3412
2019	#3937
2020	#2404
2021	#2730
2022	#2320
2023	#2546
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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #5119 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 #305 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: #305 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

Sohail 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 Sohail in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	259	4 of 10	65
2000sbusiest	375	10 of 10	38
2010s	101	10 of 10	10
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 25, from 80 to 55.

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

Sohail 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: #305 in England and Wales in 1996.

Sohail'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1033	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#766	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#625	39	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#519	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#577	35	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#401	57	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#369	64	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#363	63	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#369	61	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#403	55	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#305	80	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	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 #305, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 80 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Soha · #885, 28y
Sohaib · #780, 29y
Sohan · #1410, 25y
Sohrab · #2248, 13y

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.

Al · #305, 28y
Hafsah · #305, 29y
Kamran · #305, 29y
Oluwatobiloba · #305, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Al · #305, 28y
Denzel · #305, 30y
Divine · #305, 29y
Eathan · #305, 19y

Sohail was ranked #305 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.

Sohail 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 Sohail without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Sohail

Roger Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2263.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2443.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1251 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #569.
Barry Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2320 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Sohail

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Sohail

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sohail went from #305 to #5119 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: #305 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sohail

Sohail at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sohail by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Sohail at a glance

Sohail by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Sohail appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sohail

Sohail and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Sohail

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