Afiyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Afiyah: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #982, and it stood at #1,065 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#982highest recorded position
4groupings 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	#3848
2004	#2530
2006	#5061
2008	#4524
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2011	#1608
2012	#2095
2013	#2649
2014	#1501
2015	#2195
2016	#1327
2017	#2090
2018	#1393
2019	#1562
2020	#1449
2021	#1007
2022	#982
2023	#1255
2024	#1065

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 21 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 #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: #982 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1065 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Afiyah 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 Afiyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	19	4 of 10	5
2010s	158	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	148	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Afiyah 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: #982 in England and Wales in 2022.

Afiyah'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	#1065	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1255	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#982	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1007	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1449	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	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 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #982, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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 →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,065position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
35births registered in its largest year, 202225 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.

Afifa · #1755, 28y
Afiya · #1672, 25y
Afnaan · #3397, 13y
Afnan · #727, 27y

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.

Adora · #981, 21y
Haaniya · #983, 18y
Lottie-Mae · #981, 16y
Elyana · #980, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Madeeha · #982, 29y
Mallory · #982, 27y
Safiyya · #982, 29y
Tiara · #982, 28y

Afiyah was ranked #982 in England and Wales · Girls in 2022. 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.

Afiyah 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 Afiyah without appearing here.

Afiyah moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #5666.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #4684.
Malin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3936 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1608 and #4764.

Moved ahead of Afiyah

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2530 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2137.
Ida Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.
Beau Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2407.
Mila Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2701.

Moved the opposite way to Afiyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Afiyah

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afiyah went from #2411 to #1065 and Amalie from #3824 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #982 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Afiyah

Afiyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Afiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afiyah 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

Names published alongside Afiyah

Afiyah and the names beside it

Afiyah moved ahead of

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Afiyah at a glance

Afiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afiyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Afiyah

Afiyah and the names beside it

Afiyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Afiyah

Moved the opposite way to Afiyah

Moved the same way as Afiyah