Hanifa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Hanifa: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #897, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#897highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#897
1998	#1480
1999	#1160
2000	#1058
2001	#1170
2002	#1104
2003	#1269
2004	#1043
2005	#1012
2006	#1325
2007	#1073
2008	#1019
2009	#1411
2010	#1072
2011	#1043
2012	#1525
2013	#1537
2014	#1882
2015	#1711
2016	#1635
2017	#1681
2018	#1436
2019	#2286
2020	#2163
2021	#1866
2022	#1767
2023	#1774
2024	#2771

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 girls in England and Wales in every year 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 #1296 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: #897 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hanifa 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 Hanifa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	67	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	216	10 of 10	22
2010s	206	10 of 10	21
2020s	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Hanifa 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: #897 in England and Wales in 1997.

Hanifa'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1043	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1072	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1019	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #897, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 201125 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.

Emillie · #897, 26y
Akbar · #898, 29y
Kester · #898, 28y
Menachem · #898, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emillie · #897, 26y
Akbar · #898, 29y
Althea · #898, 28y
Angie · #898, 28y

Hanifa was ranked #897 in England and Wales · Girls in 1997. 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.

Hanifa 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 Hanifa without appearing here.

Hanifa moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #4535.
Pauline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1269 and #1269 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1043 and #2802.
Levi Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #3899.

Moved ahead of Hanifa

Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1541.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Jude Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1774 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1894.

Moved the opposite way to Hanifa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Hanifa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifa went from #1296 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #897 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hanifa

Hanifa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hanifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hanifa appears in

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Hanifa at a glance

Hanifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Hanifa

Hanifa and the names beside it

Hanifa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hanifa

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