Ahnaf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ahnaf: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #829, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#829highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2587
2002	#2636
2004	#2070
2005	#1991
2006	#1744
2007	#3589
2008	#2507
2009	#2126
2011	#2892
2012	#2117
2013	#1617
2014	#1935
2015	#3908
2016	#2335
2017	#2324
2018	#1455
2019	#1745
2020	#1548
2021	#1782
2022	#1224
2023	#1175
2024	#880

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2587 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #880 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ahnaf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Ahnaf in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	53	8 of 10	7
2010s	93	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	110	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Ahnaf 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 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #829 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Ahnaf'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	male	#880	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	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 2001 and 2025, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #829, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 24 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.

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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.

Atharva · #829, 20y
Hanzala · #829, 22y
Hezekiah · #829, 24y
Ilia · #829, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Adhrit · #829, 14y
Arhaan · #829, 17y
Atharva · #829, 20y
Azriel · #829, 13y

Ahnaf was ranked #829 in Republic of Ireland · Boys 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.

Ahnaf 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 Ahnaf without appearing here.

Ahnaf moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2324 and #2052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1455 and #4749.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #4805.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3908 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2507 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Ahnaf

Mathias Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #2211.

Moved the opposite way to Ahnaf

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 while Aaron went from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 while Alan went from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ahnaf

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 and Albie from #728 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 and Alfie from #54 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 and Alfred from #149 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ahnaf went from #2587 to #880 and Archie from #60 to #10.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #829 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ahnaf

Ahnaf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ahnaf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ahnaf at a glance

Ahnaf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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