Ahlam

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ahlam: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,082 in 2005, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1082highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
1999	#2189
2000	#1688
2001	#1305
2002	#1928
2003	#1628
2004	#2530
2005	#1082
2006	#1325
2007	#1573
2008	#1641
2009	#1411
2010	#1901
2011	#1807
2012	#1583
2013	#1956
2014	#2659
2015	#2070
2016	#2547
2017	#1681
2018	#2674
2019	#2040
2020	#2449
2021	#3192
2022	#2178
2023	#1774
2024	#2115

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1082 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ahlam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Ahlam in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	147	10 of 10	15
2010s	134	10 of 10	13
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Ahlam appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1082 in England and Wales in 2005.

Ahlam'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,082, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 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 1 registrar, 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.

Cicely · #1082, 29y
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Izak · #1082, 29y
Kadi · #1082, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cicely · #1082, 29y
Guillaume · #1082, 21y
Hamda · #1082, 28y
Izak · #1082, 29y

Ahlam 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 Ahlam without appearing here.

Ahlam moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2178 and #4645.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Kristine Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2530 and #2278 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1325 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Ahlam

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1785.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1681 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Ahlam

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ahlam went from #3142 to #1774 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ahlam went from #1305 to #2115 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1082 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ahlam

Ahlam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ahlam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ahlam appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ahlam and the names beside it

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Ahlam at a glance

Ahlam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ahlam appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ahlam and the names beside it

Ahlam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ahlam

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