Arfah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Arfah: Recorded since 2008, it reached #2,095 in 2012, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#2095highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2011	#5785
2012	#2095
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#4192

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 11 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #5545 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #2095 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Arfah 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 Arfah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Arfah 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 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2095 in England and Wales in 2012.

Arfah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	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 2008 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,095, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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

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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.

Renaya · #2095, 16y
Remmie · #2096, 12y
Hedd · #2097, 14y
Nazeem · #2097, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Moriah · #2095, 21y
Renaya · #2095, 16y
Ayzah · #2090, 16y
Snow · #2090, 14y

Arfah 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 Arfah without appearing here.

Arfah moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Arfah

Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2095 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2095 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arfah

Arfah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arfah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arfah 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

Arfah and the names beside it

Arfah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arfah

Arfah at a glance

Arfah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arfah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Arfah and the names beside it

Arfah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arfah