UK boy's name
Abdur-Rahman
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Abdur-Rahman is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Abdur-Rahman popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1076, with 27 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 31 births.
This profile covers 560 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 87% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 559 living people in the UK are called Abdur-Rahman. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Abdur-Rahman ranked #1076 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 27 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2015, when 31 boys were registered as Abdur-Rahman.
- • Abdur-Rahman ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #680 in 2014.
- • About 559 living people in the UK are estimated to have Abdur-Rahman as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1076
2024
Births in 2024
27
Latest year
Peak year
2015
31 births
Estimated living
559
2026
Popularity
Abdur-Rahman over time
The chart below shows babies named Abdur-Rahman registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Abdur-Rahman, the clearest high point is 2015. The latest England and Wales figure is 27 births in 2024, compared with 31 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Abdur-Rahman by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Abdur-Rahman was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1152 | 120 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1155 | 239 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1143 | 180 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2160 | 21 | 4 |
Geography
Where Abdur-Rahman is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Abdur-Rahman. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Abdur-Rahman ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #680 in 2014.
Across the UK
Abdur-Rahman in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#680 in 2014
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Abdur-Rahman
- Alfie 86,546
- Alexander 85,525
- Adam 71,855
- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
Abdur-Rahman: questions and answers
How popular is the name Abdur-Rahman in the UK right now?
In 2024, Abdur-Rahman was ranked #1076 for boys in England and Wales, with 27 births registered.
When was Abdur-Rahman most popular?
The peak year on record was 2015, with 31 babies registered as Abdur-Rahman in England and Wales.
How many people are called Abdur-Rahman in the UK?
A total of 560 babies have been registered as Abdur-Rahman across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Abdur-Rahman most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Abdur-Rahman ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #680 in 2014. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.