Thirty years of Ibrahim
Ibrahim in numbers
Ibrahim is still climbing: from 129 boys in 1996 to 731 in 2025, its highest count so far. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2004 and 2007, from 362 to 558. It ranked 234th in 1996 and reached 70th in 2025, its best place so far. On average it was given to 164 boys a year in the late 1990s, 402 in the 2000s, 640 in the 2010s and 628 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Ibraheem (91), Ibrohim (4), Ibrahiim (3). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Ibrahim.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year+5%694 to 731
- 5 years+24%591 to 731
- 10 years+8%674 to 731
- 20 years+73%422 to 731
- Since 1996×6129 to 731
- Total, 1996 to 202514,846boys
† 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 70 · ONS · 694 in 2024
Rank 123 · NRS · 33 in 2024
Rank 395 · NISRA · 6 in 2024
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 | 70 | 731 | +5% | 1 in 411 |
| 2024 | 77 | 694 | +11% | 1 in 439 |
| 2023 | 83 | 624 | +14% | 1 in 486 |
| 2022 | =100 | 547 | -6% | 1 in 568 |
| 2021 | 102 | 580 | -2% | 1 in 552 |
| 2020 | =98 | 591 | -9% | 1 in 532 |
| 2019 | 94 | 653 | +5% | 1 in 504 |
| 2018 | 103 | 621 | -9% | 1 in 544 |
| 2017 | 94 | 684 | -2% | 1 in 509 |
| 2016 * | 96 | 701 | +4% | 1 in 508 |
| 2015 | 96 | 674 | +1% | 1 in 531 |
| 2014 | 91 | 669 | -1% | 1 in 533 |
| 2013 | 89 | 677 | +14% | 1 in 529 |
| 2012 | 107 | 594 | +5% | 1 in 630 |
| 2011 | 114 | 567 | +2% | 1 in 654 |
| 2010 | =111 | 558 | +0% | 1 in 665 |
| 2009 | 110 | 557 | -0% | 1 in 650 |
| 2008 | 106 | 559 | +0% | 1 in 649 |
| 2007 | 106 | 558 | +11% | 1 in 635 |
| 2006 | 111 | 504 | +19% | 1 in 679 |
| 2005 | 128 | 422 | +17% | 1 in 783 |
| 2004 | 135 | 362 | +9% | 1 in 907 |
| 2003 | 138 | 331 | +19% | 1 in 962 |
| 2002 | =148 | 277 | +15% | 1 in 1,105 |
| 2001 | 155 | 241 | +13% | 1 in 1,264 |
| 2000 | 168 | 213 | +10% | 1 in 1,454 |
| 1999 | =175 | 194 | +11% | 1 in 1,646 |
| 1998 | =189 | 175 | +10% | 1 in 1,862 |
| 1997 | =207 | 159 | +23% | 1 in 2,073 |
| 1996 | =234 | 129 | 1 in 2,585 |
* 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