Latifa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Latifa: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #689 in 2005, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#689highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1543
1998	#1571
1999	#2444
2000	#2167
2001	#3262
2002	#1658
2003	#2191
2004	#1715
2005	#1796
2006	#2320
2007	#1965
2008	#2487
2009	#2759
2010	#1731
2011	#2275
2012	#2521
2013	#1956
2014	#2203
2015	#3615
2016	#3214
2017	#3583
2018	#4684
2019	#2040
2020	#3117
2021	#2201
2022	#2888
2023	#2927
2024	#3015

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2005: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1796 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Latifa 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 Latifa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	92	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	99	10 of 10	10
2020s	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Latifa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Latifa'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #689, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Bonita · #689, 29y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Nihal · #692, 28y
Hajra · #695, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bonita · #689, 29y
Brieanna · #689, 15y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y

Latifa was ranked #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Latifa 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 Latifa without appearing here.

Latifa moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Latifa

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Selma Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #2163.

Moved the opposite way to Latifa

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #1543 to #3015 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #1543 to #3015 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #1715 to #3015 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #1731 to #3015 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Latifa

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #1571 to #2927 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #1658 to #3015 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #3126 to #4684 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Latifa went from #3126 to #4684 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Latifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Latifa at a glance

Latifa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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