Arafat

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arafat: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,578 in 2007, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1578highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2006	#1892
2007	#1578
2008	#3687
2009	#3744
2010	#1911
2011	#2613
2012	#2270
2013	#2660
2014	#2459
2015	#2319
2016	#1627
2017	#1703
2018	#2259
2019	#1986
2020	#3848
2021	#2301
2022	#2320
2023	#2813
2024	#1951

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 25 of the 29 years 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 #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1578 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arafat 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 Arafat in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	4 of 10	3
2000s	37	6 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	100	10 of 10	10
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Arafat 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: #1578 in England and Wales in 2007.

Arafat'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,578, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births 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.

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.

Aharon · #1578, 28y
Belal · #1578, 27y
Isaam · #1578, 24y
Jagraj · #1578, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aharon · #1578, 28y
Arren · #1578, 14y
Belal · #1578, 27y
Eliyohu · #1578, 18y

Arafat 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 Arafat without appearing here.

Arafat moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2319 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1627 and #4810.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Arafat

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #1382.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #2018.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1578 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arafat

Arafat at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arafat by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arafat appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Arafat and the names beside it

Arafat moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arafat

Arafat at a glance

Arafat by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arafat appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Arafat and the names beside it

Arafat moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arafat