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Aqeel

#12,165 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Aqil

Aqeel has been given to 225 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #12,165 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Aqeel, 2025

1 in 663,000

Aqeel over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aqeel: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Aqil

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aqeel means

Aqeel is a alternate transcription of Aqil.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Aqeel is used in Arabic and Urdu.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʕa.ˈqiːl/ for Aqeel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Aqeel → Aqil. The family’s meaning is “intelligent, wise, reasonable”, recorded in the naming reference for Aqil.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aqil.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 225 boys were recorded with the name Aqeel between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2013; its best national rank was #4,962 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,155 in 2020 to #12,165 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,791 in 2015 to #12,165 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Aqeel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,165
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aqeel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aqeel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aqeels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aqeel was born before 2010 — so the typical Aqeel is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
225
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.8% of all recorded uses (76).

Is Aqeel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,192
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−10
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,374
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 2013 (11)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,962
1980

Spellings of Aqeel

Aqeel is not the most common spelling — Angel is, with 53.4% against Aqeel's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aqeel around the world

Where Aqeel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2010
    #2,676
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    2012–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aqeel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,165
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 10
Best rank ever
#4,962
1980
Peak year
2013
11 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
225
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Aqeel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Aqeel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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