Afia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Afia: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #1,037 in 2012, and it stood at #1,449 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1037highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#2411
1998	#2407
1999	#2189
2000	#2416
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2003	#2191
2004	#3725
2005	#2084
2006	#2137
2007	#2410
2008	#1516
2009	#1365
2010	#1180
2011	#1168
2012	#1037
2013	#1639
2014	#1456
2015	#1649
2016	#1834
2017	#1911
2018	#1788
2019	#2040
2020	#1397
2021	#2341
2022	#1501
2023	#1469
2024	#1449

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year 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 #2411 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: #1037 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1449 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Afia 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 Afia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	94	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	206	10 of 10	21
2020s	96	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Afia 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: #1037 in England and Wales in 2012.

Afia'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	#1449	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1037	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1168	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,037, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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 →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,449position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
34births registered in its largest year, 201225 to 49 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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Afifa · #1755, 28y
Afiya · #1672, 25y

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.

Daisy-Mai · #1037, 23y
Harsh · #1038, 26y
Sukhraj · #1038, 27y
Tamsyn · #1036, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Daisy-Mai · #1037, 23y
Harsh · #1038, 26y
Sukhraj · #1038, 27y
Tamsyn · #1036, 25y

Afia 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 Afia without appearing here.

Afia moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1397 and #4535.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.
Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #4798.
Rian Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1180 and #3533.

Moved ahead of Afia

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1397 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1037 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #925.

Moved the opposite way to Afia

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afia went from #2416 to #1449 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afia went from #3409 to #1449 while Dianne went from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afia went from #3409 to #1449 while Teddy went from #4137 to #5891.
Vicki Compare
Between 1997 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Afia went from #2411 to #1037 while Vicki went from #1015 to #5876.

Moved the same way as Afia

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afia went from #3262 to #1449 and Harper from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afia went from #3725 to #1449 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.

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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: #1037 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Afia

Afia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Afia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Afia at a glance

Afia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Afia and the names beside it

Afia moved ahead of

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