Affan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Affan: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #676, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#676highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3134
2005	#2418
2006	#2282
2007	#1506
2008	#2276
2009	#1749
2010	#1344
2011	#1124
2012	#1669
2013	#1044
2014	#889
2015	#977
2016	#1319
2017	#861
2018	#985
2019	#1253
2020	#1019
2021	#1595
2022	#967
2023	#1139
2024	#1460

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1019 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3134 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2025
Highest recorded position: #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2015–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Affan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 415 births with the name.

Affan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Affan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3134 (2001)	#861 (2017)	#1460 (2024)	21 of 24	415 (2001–2024)	36 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#699 (2015)	#676 (2025)	#676 (2025)	4 of 11	13 (2015–2025)	4 (2025)

Affan 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 Affan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	50	6 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	249	10 of 10	25
2020s	116	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Affan 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 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #676 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Affan'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1139	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#967	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#985	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#977	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1044	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	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 2001 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #676, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 14 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.

Afan · #2276, 11y
Afeefah · #2436, 19y
Afia · #1037, 28y
Afifa · #1755, 28y

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.

Ionatan · #676, 17y
Joaquim · #676, 18y
Reyan · #676, 23y
Yuvan · #676, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Azlaan · #676, 15y
Ionatan · #676, 17y
Joaquim · #676, 18y
Reyan · #676, 23y

Affan was ranked #676 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Affan 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 Affan without appearing here.

Affan moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1344 and #4678.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3134 and #2220 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3134 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #4052.
Johannes Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1669 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1044 and #2660.

Moved ahead of Affan

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1139 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Affan

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 while Aaron went from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 while Alan went from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Affan

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 and Albie from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 and Alfie from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 and Alfred from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Affan went from #3134 to #1460 and Archie from #60 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #676 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Affan

Affan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Affan across 2 official records

Affan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Affan across 2 official records

Affan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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