Elaf

maleStatistical record

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

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

Elaf: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #1,371, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1371highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2006	#4157
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#2176
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#4763
2017	#1911
2018	#2187
2019	#1854
2020	#4535
2021	#2942
2022	#2058
2023	#1371
2024	#2000

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 19 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1371 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elaf 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 Elaf in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	4 of 10	4
2010s	80	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Elaf 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1371 in England and Wales in 2023.

Elaf'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,371, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

El · #2022, 12y
Ela · #372, 30y
Elaina · #337, 33y
Elaine · #6, 69y

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.

Bethel · #1371, 24y
Hera · #1371, 21y
Hardy · #1369, 22y
Constantinos · #1367, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Hayaa · #1371, 13y
Hardy · #1369, 22y
Shanzay · #1367, 20y
Akaal · #1366, 16y

Elaf 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 Elaf without appearing here.

Elaf moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #5742.
Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Elaf

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #1603.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1371 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Elaf

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Elaf

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elaf went from #4373 to #2000 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1371 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elaf

Elaf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elaf by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elaf appears in

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Elaf and the names beside it

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Elaf at a glance

Elaf by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elaf appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Elaf and the names beside it

Elaf moved ahead of

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