Afrah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Afrah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,521 in 2012, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2521highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2004	#2530
2005	#3382
2006	#3116
2007	#5201
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#3549
2012	#2521
2013	#3160
2015	#2705
2016	#5785
2017	#2706
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2020	#2615
2021	#5581
2022	#3533
2023	#3218
2024	#3318

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 24 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 #2683 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: #2521 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Afrah 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 Afrah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	43	9 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	58	9 of 10	6
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Afrah 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: #2521 in England and Wales in 2012.

Afrah'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	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 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,521, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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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Afreen · #1210, 29y
Afrin · #2721, 20y

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.

Firdaus · #2521, 26y
Bracha · #2535, 21y
Nayah · #2504, 19y
Jenelle · #2499, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Firdaus · #2521, 26y
Ehab · #2529, 11y
Bracha · #2535, 21y
Lerryn · #2502, 12y

Afrah 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 Afrah without appearing here.

Afrah moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #5765.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Afrah

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2499.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Selma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3247 and #1389.

Moved the same way as Afrah

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Afrah went from #2683 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Afrah went from #2683 to #5581 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Afrah went from #2683 to #5666 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Afrah went from #2683 to #5666 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.

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: #2521 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Afrah

Afrah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Afrah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afrah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Afrah and the names beside it

Afrah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Afrah

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Afrah at a glance

Afrah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Afrah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Afrah and the names beside it

Afrah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Afrah

Moved the same way as Afrah