Al
Al is a distinctive choice, ranked #1406 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Al in their class.
About the Name Al
Al is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 3107 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1096 in 2000 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Al is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Al in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Al
- Al-Nawawi — Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (Arabic: يحيى بن شرف النووي, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar.
- Al-Aswad al-Ansi — Abhala bin Ka'b al-Aswad al-Ansi (Arabic: عبهلة بن كعب الاسود العنسي; died June 632) was a 7th-century leader of the Banu Ans tribe and a self-proclaimed prophet, one of the four major figures who declared to be prophets during the Wars of Apostasy.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Al
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Al
Almost certainly the only Al in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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