Jafar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jafar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jafar: Recorded since 1996, it reached #730 in 2011, and it stood at #3,990 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#730highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
2000	#1889
2001	#2220
2003	#3467
2004	#3009
2006	#3385
2007	#2741
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#3315
2014	#2248
2015	#3373
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2018	#2259
2020	#3848
2021	#3990

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2892 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Jafar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jafar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	36	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	57	8 of 10	7
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jafar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #730 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Jafar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2021, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #730, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,990position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Calan · #730, 23y
Christiano · #730, 15y
Efraim · #730, 16y
Lleyton · #730, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Calan · #730, 23y
Federico · #730, 29y
Muaz · #730, 26y
Kaan · #731, 29y

Jafar was ranked #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jafar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jafar without appearing here.

Jafar moved ahead of

Malin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #4647.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3227 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #4805.
Joakim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #4685.

Moved ahead of Jafar

Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2259 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2076.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2259 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2259 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2404.
Aksel Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2741 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #3158.

Moved the opposite way to Jafar

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Jafar went from #2022 to #3990 while Cooper went from #2022 to #145.
Arlo Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Jafar went from #1889 to #3990 while Arlo went from #2142 to #20.
Kasper Compare
Between 2000 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Jafar went from #1889 to #3990 while Kasper went from #1889 to #326.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Jafar went from #2220 to #3990 while Harper went from #2587 to #939.

Moved the same way as Jafar

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Jafar went from #2022 to #3990 and Kelly from #1454 to #3451.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #730 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jafar

Jafar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jafar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jafar appears in

Popularity data

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Jafar at a glance

Jafar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Jafar

Jafar and the names beside it

Jafar moved ahead of

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