Areej

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Areej: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,557 in 1999, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1557highest recorded position
4groupings 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
1998	#2701
1999	#1557
2000	#1995
2001	#1728
2002	#1658
2003	#2191
2004	#2278
2005	#1589
2006	#2137
2007	#1573
2008	#1914
2009	#1837
2010	#2589
2011	#1807
2012	#2095
2013	#2062
2014	#2058
2015	#1783
2016	#1635
2017	#1733
2018	#1977
2019	#1854
2020	#2843
2021	#3192
2022	#3148
2023	#2927
2024	#2253

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 28 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 #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: #1557 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Areej 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 Areej in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000s	112	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Areej 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: #1557 in England and Wales in 1999.

Areej'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,557, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 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 →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births 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.

Areeb · #889, 28y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Areen · #871, 18y
Areesa · #2341, 12y

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.

Athina · #1557, 28y
Molly-Ann · #1557, 23y
Izza · #1556, 26y
Gabe · #1552, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Athina · #1557, 28y
Molly-Ann · #1557, 23y
Ramisha · #1557, 16y
Izza · #1556, 26y

Areej 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 Areej without appearing here.

Areej moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1807 and #4764.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Areej

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.
Selma Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #2163.

Moved the opposite way to Areej

Blake Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Areej went from #1557 to #2253 while Blake went from #3900 to #432.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Areej went from #1557 to #2253 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Areej went from #1557 to #2253 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Areej went from #3126 to #1783 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1557 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Areej

Areej at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Areej by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Areej appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Areej at a glance

Areej by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Areej appears in

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Areej and the names beside it

Areej moved ahead of

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