Aqeel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-KEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Aqeel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wise, sensible”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Aqeel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aqil
“wise, sensible”
Aqil ibn Abi Talib was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and an elder brother of Ali.
Is Aqeel a girl's or a boy's name?
Aqeel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aqeel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Aqeel, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aqeel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Aqeel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Aqeel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Aqeel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Aqeel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Aqeel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aqeel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Aqeel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Ahmed Muhammad Abdullah Azaan Musa Umar Zayaan Fahad Zayd Abdur Ahad
Other spellings of Aqeel
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aqeel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aqeel, updated 20 October 2026.