Zubair

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zubair: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #554, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#554highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#728
1997	#554
1998	#958
1999	#575
2000	#848
2001	#654
2002	#805
2003	#912
2004	#841
2005	#954
2006	#984
2007	#820
2008	#987
2009	#1133
2010	#1201
2011	#1158
2012	#1229
2013	#1247
2014	#1093
2015	#1442
2016	#1081
2017	#1289
2018	#1991
2019	#1745
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1420
2023	#1799
2024	#1951

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.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #728 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: #554 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zubair 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 Zubair in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	100	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	242	10 of 10	24
2010s	196	10 of 10	20
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Zubair 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: #554 in England and Wales in 1997.

Zubair'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1093	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	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	#954	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#841	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#912	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#805	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#654	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#848	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#575	32	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#554	32	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#728	21	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #554, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32births registered in its largest year, 199725 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.

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Zubayr · #1442, 22y
Zubeyr · #2857, 10y

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.

Fahim · #554, 28y
Jamil · #555, 29y
Elicia · #557, 29y
Zakariyya · #557, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fahim · #554, 28y
Elliana · #555, 25y
Jamil · #555, 29y
Leya · #555, 29y

Zubair was ranked #554 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. 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.

Zubair 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 Zubair without appearing here.

Zubair moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #841 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #954 and #1617.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #2018.
Roger Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1635 and #1548 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #2125.

Moved ahead of Zubair

Lachlan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #554 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #958 and #351.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #1207.
Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #554 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #958 and #502.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Zubair

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Zubair

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zubair went from #728 to #1951 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: #554 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zubair at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zubair by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zubair by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zubair moved ahead of

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