Kaif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kaif: Recorded since 1997, it reached #875 in 2004, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#875highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1761
1998	#2419
1999	#2097
2000	#1703
2001	#2587
2002	#2005
2003	#1011
2004	#875
2005	#1135
2006	#1280
2007	#1252
2008	#1156
2009	#1859
2010	#1289
2011	#1600
2012	#1962
2013	#2403
2014	#1819
2015	#1586
2017	#1470
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2020	#2404
2021	#2730
2022	#2018
2023	#1610
2024	#1859

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 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1761 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #875 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kaif 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 Kaif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	143	10 of 10	14
2010s	108	9 of 10	12
2020s	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Kaif 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #875 in England and Wales in 2004.

Kaif'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1252	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #875, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,859position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kailan · #996, 29y

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.

Shahzaib · #875, 29y
Aeryn · #876, 25y
Maleek · #874, 22y
Reis · #874, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Shahzaib · #875, 29y
Ayanna · #876, 29y
Ellie-ann · #876, 20y
Jumana · #876, 27y

Kaif was ranked #875 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. 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.

Kaif 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 Kaif without appearing here.

Kaif moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #4632.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Kaif

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1470 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1382.
Leif Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1470 and #1703 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1455.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2419 and #924.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #875 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1135 and #615.

Moved the opposite way to Kaif

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaif went from #1280 to #1859 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaif went from #1252 to #1859 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Kaif

Shannon Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaif went from #1761 to #2728 and Shannon from #1761 to #4702.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #875 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaif

Kaif at a glance

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Popularity journey

Kaif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kaif at a glance

Kaif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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