Alaw

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alaw: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #992 in 2001, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#992highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1287
1998	#1571
1999	#1970
2000	#1389
2001	#992
2002	#1658
2003	#2727
2004	#1836
2005	#1406
2006	#1325
2007	#1854
2008	#1516
2009	#1668
2010	#2392
2011	#2025
2012	#1809
2013	#1956
2014	#2203
2015	#2195
2016	#1834
2017	#2502
2018	#1711
2019	#2458
2020	#2163
2021	#1866
2022	#1685
2023	#2063
2024	#1894

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 every year 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 #3126 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: #992 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alaw 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 Alaw in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	144	10 of 10	14
2010s	130	10 of 10	13
2020s	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Alaw 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: #992 in England and Wales in 2001.

Alaw'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #992, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,894position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 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.

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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.

Azan · #993, 25y
Harvir · #993, 29y
Kazi · #993, 29y
Ilayda · #990, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Azan · #993, 25y
Harvir · #993, 29y
Kazi · #993, 29y
Ilayda · #990, 29y

Alaw was ranked #992 in England and Wales · Girls in 2001. 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.

Alaw 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 Alaw without appearing here.

Alaw moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Alaw

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1286.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1956 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2203 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1809 and #1893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #1587.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1325 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1854 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Alaw

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaw went from #1287 to #1894 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaw went from #1287 to #1894 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaw went from #3126 to #1866 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Alaw went from #3126 to #1866 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #992 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Alaw by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Alaw at a glance

Alaw by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Alaw moved ahead of

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