Irfan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Irfan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #701 in 2009, and it stood at #1,402 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#701highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#704
1997	#759
1998	#958
1999	#1027
2000	#1048
2001	#1078
2002	#1077
2003	#945
2004	#1222
2005	#1246
2006	#1084
2007	#865
2008	#943
2009	#1265
2010	#1055
2011	#1087
2012	#1229
2013	#1183
2014	#1486
2015	#1786
2016	#1431
2017	#1289
2018	#1610
2019	#2488
2020	#2076
2021	#3451
2022	#2018
2023	#2160
2024	#1402

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #701 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1265 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #704 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 recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Irfan 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 Irfan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	72	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	191	10 of 10	19
2010s	182	10 of 10	18
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Irfan 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #701 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Irfan'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	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2160	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#865	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	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 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #701, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 13 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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Abhinav · #701, 24y
Habeeb · #701, 26y
Anouk · #700, 26y
Arfa · #700, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abhinav · #701, 24y
Habeeb · #701, 26y
Haleemah · #701, 29y
Kaide · #701, 18y

Irfan was ranked #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2009. 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.

Irfan 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 Irfan without appearing here.

Irfan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2160 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2160 and #4991.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Irfan

Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1486 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1786 and #996.
Mathias Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1183 and #1247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1486 and #889.
Cillian Compare
In 2008 they stood at #943 and #987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #760.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #945 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #731.

Moved the opposite way to Irfan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Irfan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Irfan went from #704 to #1402 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #701 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Irfan

Irfan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Irfan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Irfan at a glance

Irfan 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 Irfan

Irfan and the names beside it

Irfan moved ahead of

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