Thirty years of Abdullah
Abdullah in numbers
Abdullah has risen from 85 boys in 1996 to 327 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 386 in 2015. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2004 and 2007, from 209 to 316. On average it was given to 103 boys a year in the late 1990s, 238 in the 2000s, 339 in the 2010s and 312 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-10%362 to 327
- 5 years+13%289 to 327
- 10 years-15%386 to 327
- 20 years+37%239 to 327
- Since 1996×485 to 327
- Total, 1996 to 20258,052boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 162 · ONS · 362 in 2024
Rank 278 · NRS · 16 in 2024
Fewer than 3 babies, or not published · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | 327 | -10% | 1 in 920 |
| 2024 | 147 | 362 | +10% | 1 in 842 |
| 2023 | 159 | 328 | +15% | 1 in 924 |
| 2022 | 178 | 286 | +3% | 1 in 1,086 |
| 2021 | =196 | 278 | -4% | 1 in 1,152 |
| 2020 | 184 | 289 | -1% | 1 in 1,088 |
| 2019 | 178 | 292 | -7% | 1 in 1,127 |
| 2018 | 172 | 314 | +7% | 1 in 1,075 |
| 2017 | =184 | 293 | -20% | 1 in 1,188 |
| 2016 * | 162 | 364 | -6% | 1 in 978 |
| 2015 | 146 | 386 | +3% | 1 in 928 |
| 2014 | =149 | 373 | +12% | 1 in 956 |
| 2013 | 169 | 333 | -8% | 1 in 1,076 |
| 2012 | =159 | 363 | +3% | 1 in 1,031 |
| 2011 | =162 | 352 | +9% | 1 in 1,054 |
| 2010 | 169 | 323 | +3% | 1 in 1,148 |
| 2009 | =170 | 315 | +2% | 1 in 1,150 |
| 2008 | 166 | 308 | -3% | 1 in 1,178 |
| 2007 | 163 | 316 | +17% | 1 in 1,122 |
| 2006 | 175 | 269 | +13% | 1 in 1,273 |
| 2005 | 183 | 239 | +14% | 1 in 1,383 |
| 2004 | 190 | 209 | -1% | 1 in 1,571 |
| 2003 | 182 | 212 | +11% | 1 in 1,502 |
| 2002 | =185 | 191 | +14% | 1 in 1,602 |
| 2001 | =197 | 167 | +11% | 1 in 1,824 |
| 2000 | =213 | 151 | +8% | 1 in 2,050 |
| 1999 | =218 | 140 | +56% | 1 in 2,280 |
| 1998 | =293 | 90 | -7% | 1 in 3,621 |
| 1997 | =285 | 97 | +14% | 1 in 3,398 |
| 1996 | =294 | 85 | 1 in 3,923 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate