Alif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Alif: Recorded since 2007, it reached #720 in 2010, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#720highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#3095
2008	#4432
2009	#4527
2011	#3300
2012	#3039
2013	#3822
2014	#3895
2015	#4747
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2022	#2320
2023	#4991

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 17 years from 2007 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2007–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #3095 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Alif 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 Alif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	35	8 of 10	4
2020s	16	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Alif 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 2007 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Alif'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	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 2007 and 2023, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #720, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,991position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
3 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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

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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.

Alexandr · #720, 13y
Deion · #720, 11y
Diyon · #720, 12y
Orestas · #720, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alexandr · #720, 13y
Anes · #720, 21y
Orestas · #720, 11y
Evie-Mai · #721, 20y

Alif was ranked #720 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. 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.

Alif 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 Alif without appearing here.

Alif moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3411 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4789.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #2404 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #4001.
Aria Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3411 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.
Courtney Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #3449.

Moved ahead of Alif

Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Alif

Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 while Aksel went from #3589 to #1461.
Albie Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 while Albie went from #400 to #22.
Alfred Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 while Alfred went from #140 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 while Archie went from #33 to #13.

Moved the same way as Alif

Aaron Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 and Aaron from #49 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 and Adam from #26 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 and Alan from #226 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alif went from #3095 to #4991 and Alex from #58 to #152.

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 2007 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #720 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Alif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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