Hanif

maleStatistical record

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

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

Hanif: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,322 in 2002, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1322highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1454
1998	#1642
1999	#1664
2000	#1889
2001	#2220
2002	#1322
2003	#1962
2004	#1498
2005	#1851
2006	#1744
2007	#1885
2008	#2276
2009	#1859
2010	#2036
2011	#2194
2012	#1756
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2015	#4747
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2018	#3412
2020	#3848
2022	#2529
2023	#4107
2024	#3254

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 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 #2357 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: #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Hanif 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 Hanif in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	62	9 of 10	7
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Hanif 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: #1322 in England and Wales in 2002.

Hanif'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,322, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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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Hanifa · #897, 29y
Hanifah · #1176, 29y

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.

Akiva · #1322, 28y
Harjot · #1322, 29y
Malique · #1322, 25y
Nihaal · #1322, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akiva · #1322, 28y
Ayhan · #1322, 17y
Harjot · #1322, 29y
Harshiv · #1322, 11y

Hanif 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 Hanif without appearing here.

Hanif moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Herman Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3895 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Hanif

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1294.

Moved the opposite way to Hanif

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #1454 to #3254 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #1664 to #3254 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #1664 to #3254 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #1664 to #3254 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Hanif

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #2357 to #4107 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #2357 to #4107 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #2357 to #4107 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Hanif went from #1454 to #4107 and Kelly from #1454 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1322 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hanif

Hanif at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hanif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hanif appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hanif and the names beside it

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Hanif at a glance

Hanif by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Hanif appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hanif and the names beside it

Hanif moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hanif

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