Sadaf

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sadaf: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,222, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1222highest recorded position
6groupings 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	#1222
1997	#1802
1998	#1259
1999	#1393
2000	#1995
2001	#1439
2002	#1372
2003	#1472
2004	#1459
2005	#1796
2006	#2137
2007	#1741
2008	#1584
2009	#1909
2010	#1653
2011	#1903
2012	#1893
2013	#1484
2014	#2464
2015	#2328
2016	#2547
2017	#2706
2018	#3518
2019	#3541
2020	#3447
2021	#3192
2022	#1767
2023	#3218
2024	#2253

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 girls in England and Wales in every year 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 #1222 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: #1222 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sadaf 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 Sadaf 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	130	10 of 10	13
2010s	119	10 of 10	12
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Sadaf 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: #1222 in England and Wales in 1996.

Sadaf'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,222, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

Sachi · #2432, 21y
Sachin · #436, 29y
Sadbh · #151, 32y
Sadhbh · #32, 50y

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.

Alexei · #1222, 29y
Coralie · #1222, 29y
Micky · #1222, 29y
Rose-Marie · #1222, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alexei · #1222, 29y
Coralie · #1222, 29y
Corrin · #1222, 10y
Micky · #1222, 29y

Sadaf 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 Sadaf without appearing here.

Sadaf moved ahead of

Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #4645.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1439 and #3998.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Suzanne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #2942 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Sadaf

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #1469.
Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #1705.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Sadaf

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sadaf

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sadaf went from #1222 to #2253 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #1222 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sadaf

Sadaf at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sadaf by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sadaf at a glance

Sadaf by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sadaf and the names beside it

Sadaf moved ahead of

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