Afiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Afiya: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,672, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1672highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2001	#3998
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2011	#2025
2012	#1809
2013	#2649
2014	#2862
2015	#2195
2016	#3214
2017	#4063
2018	#2901
2019	#2286
2020	#2163
2021	#2711
2022	#2058
2023	#1959
2024	#1672

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 25 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 #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Afiya 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 Afiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000s	29	7 of 10	4
2010s	93	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Afiya 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: #1672 in England and Wales in 2024.

Afiya'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	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 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,672, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,672position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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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Afiyah · #982, 21y
Afnaan · #3397, 13y

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.

Fajar · #1672, 21y
Minal · #1672, 26y
Damari · #1673, 22y
Eldon · #1673, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Minal · #1672, 26y
Niva · #1672, 16y
Eldon · #1673, 21y
Isaaq · #1673, 25y

Afiya 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 Afiya without appearing here.

Afiya moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1809 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1809 and #5876.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2025 and #5785.
Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2025 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Afiya

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #1587.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2195 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #2757.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Afiya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Afiya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiya went from #3795 to #1672 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1672 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Afiya

Afiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Afiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afiya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Afiya and the names beside it

Afiya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Afiya

Moved the opposite way to Afiya

Moved the same way as Afiya

Afiya at a glance

Afiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afiya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Afiya and the names beside it

Afiya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Afiya

Moved the opposite way to Afiya

Moved the same way as Afiya