Aafiyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aafiyah: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #727, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2008	#4524
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#2649
2014	#2464
2015	#2705
2016	#2367
2017	#1411
2018	#1436
2019	#1316
2020	#1065
2021	#901
2022	#746
2023	#727
2024	#869

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 17 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #869 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #727 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #869 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aafiyah 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 Aafiyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	125	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	211	5 of 10	42

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 42 births a year.

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

Aafiyah 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in England and Wales in 2023.

Aafiyah'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	#869	42	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#727	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#746	49	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#901	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1316	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 19 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.

Aafia · #1819, 18y
Aafiya · #1505, 14y
Aage · #85, 38y
Aahan · #770, 15y

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.

Advait · #727, 13y
Aras · #727, 17y
Cash · #727, 20y
Cici · #727, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Advait · #727, 13y
Aras · #727, 17y
Cass · #727, 19y
Cici · #727, 13y

Aafiyah was ranked #727 in England and Wales · Girls in 2023. 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.

Aafiyah 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 Aafiyah without appearing here.

Aafiyah moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #5691.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4049 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #5742.
Meabh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #2233 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1411 and #4063.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Aafiyah

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1411 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Aafiyah

Abigail Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 while Aimee went from #49 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 while Aisling went from #657 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 while Alex went from #251 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Aafiyah

Ada Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 and Ada from #951 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 and Alma from #1500 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 and Amelia from #15 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aafiyah went from #4798 to #869 and Aria from #1295 to #35.

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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aafiyah

Aafiyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aafiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Aafiyah at a glance

Aafiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Aafiyah

Aafiyah and the names beside it

Aafiyah moved ahead of

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