Aakifah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aakifah: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,442 in 2002, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1442highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#3225
2000	#1995
2001	#1728
2002	#1442
2003	#1628
2004	#1836
2005	#1934
2006	#2509
2007	#2895
2008	#2487
2009	#2535
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#3214
2018	#3518
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2021	#2201
2022	#2325
2023	#1774
2024	#2000

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 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 #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1442 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aakifah 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 Aakifah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	98	10 of 10	10
2010s	56	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Aakifah 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: #1442 in England and Wales in 2002.

Aakifah'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	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 #1,442, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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 →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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

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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.

Amilah · #1442, 26y
Lourdes · #1442, 23y
Zubayr · #1442, 22y
Hayder · #1440, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amilah · #1442, 26y
Lourdes · #1442, 23y
Zubayr · #1442, 22y
Hayder · #1440, 27y

Aakifah 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 Aakifah without appearing here.

Aakifah moved ahead of

Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1774 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1774 and #5687.
Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #5891.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Aakifah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1977.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #2340.
Eabha Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Aakifah

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Aakifah went from #3174 to #1774 while Kristin went from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Aakifah went from #3174 to #1774 while Therese went from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Aakifah went from #3174 to #1774 while Tracey went from #1450 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Aakifah

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aakifah went from #4012 to #2000 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1442 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aakifah

Aakifah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aakifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aakifah appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Aakifah at a glance

Aakifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aakifah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Aakifah and the names beside it

Aakifah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aakifah

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