Soul

maleStatistical record

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

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

Soul: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,326 in 2003, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1326highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2021–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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 boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #1642 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1326 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Soul appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 195 births with the name.

Soul 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.

Soul'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	#1642 (1998)	#1326 (2003)	#1859 (2024)	25 of 27	195 (1998–2024)	13 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#5581 (2021)	#4056 (2023)	#4192 (2024)	4 of 4	16 (2021–2024)	5 (2023)

Soul 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 Soul in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	1 of 10	7
2000s	74	10 of 10	7
2010s	68	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Soul 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1326 in England and Wales in 2003.

Soul'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,326, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

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 →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 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.

Fajr · #1326, 22y
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Finlee · #1327, 21y
Jessica-Rose · #1327, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cadie · #1325, 24y
Jessica-Rose · #1327, 23y
Khadiza · #1325, 26y
Malky · #1325, 24y

Soul 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 Soul without appearing here.

Soul moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3996 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2266 and #4702.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #3688.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Soul

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2070 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2418 and #1190.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1326 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #906.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2117 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #2403.

Moved the same way as Soul

Garry Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Soul went from #1642 to #2546 and Garry from #850 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Soul went from #1642 to #2546 and Graeme from #1367 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Soul went from #1642 to #2755 and Brent from #571 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Soul went from #1642 to #2755 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1326 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Soul

Soul at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Soul across 2 official records

Soul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Soul appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Soul and the names beside it

Soul moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Soul

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Soul at a glance

Soul across 2 official records

Soul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Soul appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Soul and the names beside it

Soul moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Soul

Moved the same way as Soul