Arif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Arif: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #500 in 2003, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#500highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#704
1997	#914
1998	#738
1999	#679
2000	#568
2001	#668
2002	#691
2003	#746
2004	#760
2005	#872
2006	#748
2007	#952
2008	#987
2009	#1133
2010	#1289
2011	#1447
2012	#1589
2013	#1539
2014	#1721
2015	#2020
2016	#1498
2017	#1703
2018	#2112
2019	#3411
2020	#2076
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#1906
2024	#1322

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2003: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #746 among boys 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 #704 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arif 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 Arif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	85	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	279	10 of 10	28
2010s	135	10 of 10	14
2020s	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Arif 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: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Arif'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	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#748	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#746	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#668	27	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#568	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#679	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #500, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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.

Ariella · #132, 30y
Arielle · #434, 29y
Arifa · #1434, 29y
Arifah · #1870, 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.

Abdel · #500, 26y
Damilola · #500, 26y
Devlin · #500, 24y
Dilan · #500, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abdel · #500, 26y
Ayobami · #500, 18y
Ayoola · #500, 13y
Basit · #500, 22y

Arif was ranked #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Arif 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 Arif without appearing here.

Arif moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #3523.
Courtney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2076 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Arif

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2112 and #1382.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1447 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #1086.
Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #704 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #914 and #476.

Moved the opposite way to Arif

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Arif

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arif went from #704 to #1322 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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #500 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Arif at a glance

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Arif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Arif at a glance

Arif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Arif moved ahead of

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