Anfal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anfal: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,115, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2115highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
2000	#3247
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#2530
2005	#3970
2007	#3667
2008	#2721
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2014	#3514
2015	#2195
2016	#2120
2017	#2341
2018	#3178
2019	#4686
2020	#2163
2021	#3519
2023	#4056
2024	#2115

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 23 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anfal 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 Anfal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	39	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	65	9 of 10	7
2020s	36	4 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Anfal 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2115 in England and Wales in 2024.

Anfal'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,115, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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.

Adaora · #2115, 19y
Kashvi · #2115, 22y
Kimaya · #2115, 19y
Liliya · #2115, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Mehnoor · #2115, 13y
Sakeena · #2115, 25y
Afua · #2112, 11y
Akosua · #2112, 23y

Anfal 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 Anfal without appearing here.

Anfal moved ahead of

Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #5891.
Kari Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4686 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Anfal

Dylan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2300 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1454.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Anfal

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Anfal

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anfal went from #3824 to #2115 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2115 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Anfal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anfal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Anfal at a glance

Anfal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anfal appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Anfal and the names beside it

Anfal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Anfal

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