Hafiz

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hafiz: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,189 in 2003, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2189highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#2189
2004	#3651
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2009	#4527
2010	#3332
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2015	#2707
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2021	#4789
2023	#4991
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2189 among boys in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hafiz 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 Hafiz in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	27	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Hafiz 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2189 in England and Wales in 2003.

Hafiz'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,189, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 9 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 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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Hafsa · #216, 35y

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.

Ajwad · #2189, 12y
Fearn · #2189, 18y
Karamveer · #2189, 22y
Kourosh · #2189, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alberta · #2189, 26y
Bryher · #2189, 25y
Fearn · #2189, 18y
Karamveer · #2189, 22y

Hafiz 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 Hafiz without appearing here.

Hafiz moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Hafiz

Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #3589.

Moved the opposite way to Hafiz

Arlo Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2587 to #3688 while Arlo went from #1949 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2587 to #3688 while Harper went from #2587 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2587 to #3688 while Kasper went from #1949 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2587 to #3688 while Leif went from #1746 to #814.

Moved the same way as Hafiz

Garry Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2901 to #4991 and Garry from #850 to #4991.
Madison Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2587 to #3688 and Madison from #1949 to #3688.
Tor Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2901 to #4789 and Tor from #2074 to #3990.
Kelly Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hafiz went from #2587 to #4991 and Kelly from #1467 to #3523.

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2189 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hafiz

Hafiz at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hafiz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hafiz appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Hafiz at a glance

Hafiz by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hafiz appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hafiz and the names beside it

Hafiz moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hafiz

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