Akifah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Akifah: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #2,466, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2466highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2013	#3160
2015	#5730
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#5891

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 12 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2466 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #2466 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Akifah 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 Akifah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	30	7 of 10	4
2010s	10	2 of 10	5
2020s	16	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Akifah 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 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2466 in England and Wales in 2001.

Akifah'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	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 2001 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,466, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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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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.

Issey · #2466, 13y
Namira · #2466, 11y
Aala · #2464, 17y
Dorina · #2464, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Issey · #2466, 13y
Namira · #2466, 11y
Cjay · #2470, 16y
Essam · #2470, 12y

Akifah 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 Akifah without appearing here.

Akifah moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3397 and #2292 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5730 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Kristy Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3397 and #3860.

Moved ahead of Akifah

Linnea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2496.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Lynette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #4843.
Eabha Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3725 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #5061.

Moved the opposite way to Akifah

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 while Ada went from #1520 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 while Alma went from #1728 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3998 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 while Amelia went from #32 to #2.

Moved the same way as Akifah

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 and Aimee from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 and Aisling from #514 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akifah went from #2466 to #5891 and Alex from #172 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2466 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Akifah

Akifah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Akifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Akifah appears in

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Akifah at a glance

Akifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Akifah appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Akifah and the names beside it

Akifah moved ahead of

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