Afra

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Afra: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #885, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#885highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#3174
1999	#2189
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#3667
2008	#3005
2009	#4564
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2014	#4003
2015	#3615
2017	#4763
2019	#2643
2020	#3117
2021	#2711
2022	#3148
2023	#2504
2024	#3695

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Afra 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 Afra in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000s	52	10 of 10	5
2010s	41	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Afra 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #885 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Afra'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #885, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 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.

Afnan · #727, 27y
Afonso · #660, 21y
Afrah · #2521, 24y
Afreen · #1210, 29y

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.

Fatiha · #885, 28y
Hadassah · #885, 30y
Heba · #885, 30y
Soha · #885, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fatiha · #885, 28y
Hadassah · #885, 30y
Heba · #885, 30y
Janaki · #885, 11y

Afra was ranked #885 in Republic of Ireland · Girls 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.

Afra 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 Afra without appearing here.

Afra moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Afra

Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1472.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Afra

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Afra

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Afra went from #1755 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #885 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Afra

Afra at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Afra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afra appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Afra moved ahead of

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Afra at a glance

Afra by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afra 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 Afra

Afra and the names beside it

Afra moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Afra

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