Rahaf

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rahaf: Recorded every year since 2003, it reached #660 in 2015, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#660highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2008	#3397
2009	#2019
2010	#1332
2011	#2025
2012	#2095
2013	#2062
2014	#1798
2015	#2195
2016	#2120
2017	#1911
2018	#1649
2019	#1389
2020	#1556
2021	#2073
2022	#3970
2023	#2063
2024	#1353

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 2003 to 2024.

In 2015: #660 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2195 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — 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 #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rahaf 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 Rahaf in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	37	7 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	158	10 of 10	16
2020s	74	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Rahaf 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Rahaf'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	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #660, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 12 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ragnvald · #184, 36y
Raha · #631, 15y
Rahand · #1911, 15y
Rahat · #1078, 24y

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.

Afonso · #660, 21y
Mateus · #660, 25y
Melita · #660, 27y
Abigael · #661, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Afonso · #660, 21y
Mia-Lily · #660, 9y
Nicolae · #660, 15y
Raluca · #660, 15y

Rahaf was ranked #660 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2015. 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.

Rahaf 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 Rahaf without appearing here.

Rahaf moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1332 and #5707.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #5687.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #4843.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3970 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1332 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Rahaf

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1389 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1556 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1649 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Rahaf

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Rahaf

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rahaf went from #4373 to #1353 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rahaf

Rahaf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rahaf by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Rahaf at a glance

Rahaf by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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