Nafisah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nafisah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,095 in 2000, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1095highest 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	#1543
1998	#1211
1999	#1557
2000	#1095
2001	#1359
2002	#1245
2003	#1843
2004	#1312
2005	#1934
2006	#1660
2007	#1741
2008	#1815
2009	#2019
2010	#2589
2011	#4049
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls 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 #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: #1095 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nafisah 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 Nafisah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	52	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	140	10 of 10	14
2010s	51	9 of 10	6
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Nafisah 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: #1095 in England and Wales in 2000.

Nafisah'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,095, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

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 →
22 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 →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 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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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.

Joshua-James · #1095, 27y
Alarna · #1094, 29y
Aleem · #1096, 29y
Bessie · #1094, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Joshua-James · #1095, 27y
Alarna · #1094, 29y
Aleem · #1096, 29y
Bessie · #1094, 27y

Nafisah 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 Nafisah without appearing here.

Nafisah moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #5765.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Nafisah

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.

Moved the opposite way to Nafisah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Nafisah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nafisah went from #1296 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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: #1095 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nafisah

Nafisah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nafisah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nafisah 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

Nafisah and the names beside it

Nafisah moved ahead of

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Nafisah at a glance

Nafisah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nafisah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nafisah and the names beside it

Nafisah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nafisah

Moved the opposite way to Nafisah

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