Aarif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aarif: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,337, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2337highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2337
1999	#2943
2005	#3849
2007	#3589
2014	#3362
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2020	#3848
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 29 years 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 #2863 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2337 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aarif 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 Aarif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	13	3 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

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

Aarif 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: #2337 in England and Wales in 1997.

Aarif'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,337, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

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 →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2014Under 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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Aarib · #1511, 13y
Aarin · #1314, 14y
Aaris · #2443, 10y

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.

Anastasios · #2337, 13y
Leith · #2337, 13y
Mubin · #2337, 10y
Ynyr · #2337, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anastasios · #2337, 13y
Eliyahu · #2337, 18y
Kani · #2337, 21y
Kashaf · #2337, 21y

Aarif 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 Aarif without appearing here.

Aarif moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3589 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #4632.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Malin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Aarif

Madison Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.
Gunnar Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #3040.
Arne Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2337 and #2859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #2425.

Moved the opposite way to Aarif

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Aarif

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aarif went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2337 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aarif

Aarif at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aarif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Aarif appears in

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Aarif at a glance

Aarif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Aarif appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Aarif and the names beside it

Aarif moved ahead of

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