Araf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Araf: Recorded since 2009, its highest recorded position is #1,533, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#1533highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#4527
2010	#3865
2013	#4685
2014	#3895
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2021	#2301
2022	#3449
2023	#1533
2024	#3254

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 13 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #4527 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #1533 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Araf 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 Araf in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	35	8 of 10	4
2020s	36	4 of 10	9

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 →

Araf 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1533 in England and Wales in 2023.

Araf'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,533, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

Arad · #2018, 16y
Aradhya · #1894, 13y
Arafah · #2115, 13y
Arafat · #1578, 25y

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.

Muhammad-Ibrahim · #1533, 16y
Octavian · #1533, 16y
Roary · #1533, 17y
Shloimy · #1533, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Muhammad-Ibrahim · #1533, 16y
Octavian · #1533, 16y
Roary · #1533, 17y
Shloimy · #1533, 16y

Araf 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 Araf without appearing here.

Araf moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #4991.
Espen Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #4107.
Jade Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2301 and #4789.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Araf

Braxton Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #497.

Moved the opposite way to Araf

Garry Compare
Between 2009 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Araf went from #4527 to #1533 while Garry went from #3227 to #4991.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1533 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Araf

Araf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Araf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Araf appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Araf and the names beside it

Araf moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Araf

Moved the opposite way to Araf

Araf at a glance

Araf by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Araf appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Araf and the names beside it

Araf moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Araf

Moved the opposite way to Araf