Arfan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arfan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,020, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2020highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#2022
1998	#2074
2002	#3225
2004	#3009
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2008	#3158
2009	#3227
2011	#4647
2012	#3987
2013	#2403
2014	#3362
2015	#2707
2016	#3079
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#4789
2022	#2755
2023	#2813
2024	#3688

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 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 #2020 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: #2020 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arfan 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 Arfan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	25	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	43	8 of 10	5
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Arfan 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: #2020 in England and Wales in 1996.

Arfan'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,020, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

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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.

Bert · #2020, 24y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bert · #2020, 24y
Georges · #2020, 16y
Gwydion · #2020, 15y
Jory · #2020, 14y

Arfan 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 Arfan without appearing here.

Arfan moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Arfan

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Fredrik Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2005.
Hudson Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2005.

Moved the opposite way to Arfan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Arfan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arfan went from #2020 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #2020 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arfan

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Popularity journey

Arfan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Arfan at a glance

Arfan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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