Azhar

maleStatistical record

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

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

Azhar: Recorded since 1996, it reached #655 in 1999, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#655highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2005

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2005	#4798

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 boys in England and Wales in 28 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 #1040 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: #655 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Azhar appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 268 births with the name.

Azhar across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Azhar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#655 (1999)	#1951 (2024)	28 of 29	268 (1996–2024)	26 (1999)
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#3900 (1999)	#4798 (2005)	2 of 7	6 (1999–2005)	3 (1999)

Azhar 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 Azhar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	64	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	112	10 of 10	11
2010s	46	9 of 10	5
2020s	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Azhar 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: #655 in England and Wales in 1999.

Azhar'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1033	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#655	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #655, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 199925 to 49 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.

Nafisa · #655, 29y
Nyle · #654, 29y
Shyam · #654, 27y
Tyler-Jay · #654, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Benita · #655, 27y

Azhar was ranked #655 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Azhar 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 Azhar without appearing here.

Azhar moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1492 and #4608.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3849 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Azhar

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1347 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1135.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1347 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1190.
Marius Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1347 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1246.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2721 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Azhar

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Azhar

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azhar went from #1040 to #1951 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: #655 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Azhar

Azhar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Azhar across 2 official records

Azhar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Azhar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Azhar at a glance

Azhar across 2 official records

Azhar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Azhar appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Azhar

Azhar and the names beside it

Azhar moved ahead of

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