Rahat

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rahat: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,078 in 2001, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1078highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2004

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
2004	#4598

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 boys in England and Wales in 24 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 #3795 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: #1078 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rahat appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 165 births with the name.

Rahat across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Rahat's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1078 (2001)	#5119 (2024)	24 of 29	165 (1996–2024)	14 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3142 (1998)	#4598 (2004)	4 of 9	14 (1996–2004)	4 (1997)

Rahat 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 Rahat in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2010s	47	8 of 10	6
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Rahat 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: #1078 in England and Wales in 2001.

Rahat'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	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 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,078, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 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.

Abhay · #1078, 24y
Boaz · #1078, 25y
Kaysan · #1078, 22y
Khizar · #1078, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abhay · #1078, 24y
Boaz · #1078, 25y
Khizar · #1078, 29y
Rahil · #1078, 29y

Rahat 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 Rahat without appearing here.

Rahat moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3849 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #4052.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #4812.
Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3478 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #4749.

Moved ahead of Rahat

Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Arne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3478 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2493.
Braxton Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1498 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2418.
Madison Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.

Moved the opposite way to Rahat

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Rahat

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rahat went from #2357 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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: #1078 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rahat

Rahat at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rahat across 2 official records

Rahat by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rahat appears in

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Rahat at a glance

Rahat across 2 official records

Rahat by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Rahat appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rahat and the names beside it

Rahat moved ahead of

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