Arifah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Arifah: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,870 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1870highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#1870
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#2104
2011	#4049
2013	#3536
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2024	#5891

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1870 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Arifah 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 Arifah 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	46	9 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	50	9 of 10	6
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Arifah 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1870 in England and Wales in 2001.

Arifah'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,870, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 5 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 →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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.

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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.

Ashna · #1870, 25y
Kawthar · #1870, 26y
Medi · #1870, 23y
Simi · #1870, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ashna · #1870, 25y
Bhavika · #1870, 14y
Kawthar · #1870, 26y
Medi · #1870, 23y

Arifah 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 Arifah without appearing here.

Arifah moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #5707.
Jan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #4688.
Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2682 and #4798.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Arifah

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1870 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #965.
Carter Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Arifah

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Arifah

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arifah went from #3174 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1870 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arifah

Arifah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arifah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Arifah and the names beside it

Arifah moved ahead of

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Arifah at a glance

Arifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arifah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Arifah and the names beside it

Arifah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arifah

Moved the opposite way to Arifah

Moved the same way as Arifah