Hanifah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Hanifah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,176 in 2003, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1176highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#2683
1997	#1958
1998	#2165
1999	#1675
2000	#2416
2001	#1728
2002	#2105
2003	#1176
2004	#1715
2005	#1406
2006	#2320
2007	#2233
2008	#3397
2009	#1752
2010	#4012
2011	#2636
2012	#3681
2013	#2649
2014	#3160
2015	#2945
2016	#3609
2017	#2706
2018	#4684
2019	#2869
2020	#5493
2021	#3519
2022	#2488
2023	#2689
2024	#3318

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 #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: #1176 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hanifah 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 Hanifah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Hanifah 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: #1176 in England and Wales in 2003.

Hanifah'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,176, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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 →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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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Haniya · #233, 27y

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.

Ione · #1176, 29y
Neeve · #1176, 29y
Millie-May · #1177, 24y
Sufiyan · #1175, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ellie-Marie · #1176, 23y
Ione · #1176, 29y
Neeve · #1176, 29y
Sufiyan · #1175, 28y

Hanifah 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 Hanifah without appearing here.

Hanifah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #5669.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #5785.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Hanifah

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Hanifah

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #1958 to #3318 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #1958 to #3318 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #1675 to #3318 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #1675 to #3318 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Hanifah

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #2105 to #3318 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #2683 to #4684 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #2683 to #4684 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Hanifah went from #2683 to #4684 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1176 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hanifah

Hanifah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hanifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hanifah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hanifah and the names beside it

Hanifah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hanifah

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Hanifah at a glance

Hanifah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hanifah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hanifah and the names beside it

Hanifah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Hanifah

Moved the opposite way to Hanifah

Moved the same way as Hanifah