Arfa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Arfa: Recorded since 1996, it reached #700 in 2020, and it stood at #952 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#700highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#2770
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2006	#2509
2007	#4294
2008	#3397
2009	#3031
2010	#2589
2011	#3549
2012	#934
2013	#1220
2014	#1501
2015	#1324
2016	#1472
2017	#1082
2018	#1436
2019	#1349
2020	#1556
2021	#1505
2022	#1621
2023	#1169
2024	#952

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 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #700 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1556 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #952 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Arfa 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 Arfa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	34	7 of 10	5
2010s	226	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	122	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 24 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 33, from 6 to 39.

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

Arfa 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #700 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Arfa'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	#952	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1169	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1621	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1082	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1220	28	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#934	39	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #700, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 24 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.

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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Arez · #3039, 10y
Arfah · #2095, 11y
Arfan · #2020, 22y

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.

Anouk · #700, 26y
Lianna · #700, 29y
Luana · #700, 28y
Momina · #700, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anouk · #700, 26y
Ilaria · #700, 25y
Lianna · #700, 29y
Luana · #700, 28y

Arfa was ranked #700 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Arfa 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 Arfa without appearing here.

Arfa moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #934 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4598 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #934 and #5876.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3549 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1220 and #5742.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1501 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Arfa

Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #934 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1220 and #925.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1501 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1324 and #1240.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1082 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Arfa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Arfa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arfa went from #3795 to #952 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #700 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arfa

Arfa at a glance

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Arfa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Arfa at a glance

Arfa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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