Raghav

maleStatistical record

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

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

Raghav: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,108, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1108highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2003	#3467
2004	#1596
2005	#2418
2006	#1469
2007	#1506
2008	#2775
2009	#1358
2010	#1483
2011	#2892
2012	#1962
2013	#2216
2014	#2079
2015	#1586
2016	#1704
2017	#4812
2018	#2693
2019	#3013
2021	#1860
2022	#2165
2023	#1461
2024	#1108

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 · 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 #2863 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: #1108 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1108 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raghav 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 Raghav in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	4 of 10	4
2000s	75	9 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	97	10 of 10	10
2020s	65	4 of 10	16

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

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

Raghav 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: #1108 in England and Wales in 2024.

Raghav'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	#1108	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 #1,108, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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 →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,108position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 202425 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.

Rafia · #1646, 25y
Raghad · #689, 21y
Ragna · #146, 80y
Ragnar · #42, 81y

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.

Micaiah · #1108, 23y
Elan · #1107, 29y
Sairah · #1107, 28y
Tabassum · #1107, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Micaiah · #1108, 23y
Elan · #1107, 29y
Sairah · #1107, 28y
Tabassum · #1107, 24y

Raghav 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 Raghav without appearing here.

Raghav moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4107.
Graeme Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4107.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3013 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4107.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1108 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Raghav

Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Raghav

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Raghav

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raghav went from #2863 to #1108 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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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: #1108 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Raghav by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Raghav and the names beside it

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