Bahar

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Bahar: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,681 in 2017, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1681highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2000	#2167
2002	#3409
2003	#2191
2004	#4598
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#2893
2012	#1991
2013	#2062
2014	#1882
2015	#2328
2016	#2966
2017	#1681
2018	#2901
2019	#4001
2020	#2615
2021	#2499
2022	#1849
2023	#3598
2024	#2115

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 26 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 #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1681 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bahar 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 Bahar in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	40	8 of 10	5
2010s	104	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Bahar 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: #1681 in England and Wales in 2017.

Bahar'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	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 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,681, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 4 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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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.

Serafina · #1681, 25y
Bobby-Joe · #1683, 22y
Hamilton · #1683, 21y
Marcelo · #1683, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Serafina · #1681, 25y
Bobby-Joe · #1683, 22y
Hamilton · #1683, 21y
Marcelo · #1683, 24y

Bahar 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 Bahar without appearing here.

Bahar moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1991 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1991 and #5876.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1882 and #5691.
Finn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Bahar

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1849 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1705.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1681 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.
Ida Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2738.

Moved the same way as Bahar

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bahar went from #3824 to #2115 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bahar went from #3824 to #2115 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bahar went from #4598 to #2115 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bahar went from #4688 to #2115 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1681 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bahar

Bahar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bahar by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bahar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bahar and the names beside it

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Bahar at a glance

Bahar by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bahar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bahar and the names beside it

Bahar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bahar

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