Wafa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Wafa: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,843 in 2003, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1843highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2002	#2868
2003	#1843
2004	#3197
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#3218
2008	#2487
2009	#3031
2010	#3533
2011	#2025
2012	#3681
2013	#3536
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#2367
2017	#2341
2018	#3518
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Wafa 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 Wafa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	65	9 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	72	9 of 10	8
2020s	19	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Wafa 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1843 in England and Wales in 2003.

Wafa'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,843, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 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 →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 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

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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.

Calli · #1843, 28y
Denni · #1843, 23y
Gittel · #1843, 25y
Hanaan · #1843, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Calli · #1843, 28y
Denni · #1843, 23y
Gittel · #1843, 25y
Hanaan · #1843, 24y

Wafa 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 Wafa without appearing here.

Wafa moved ahead of

Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2025 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Wafa

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1436.
Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #809.
Dylan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2025 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1720.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2167 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.

Moved the same way as Wafa

Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Wafa went from #2738 to #4645 and Therese from #3174 to #4645.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Wafa went from #2701 to #4645 and Josefine from #3848 to #5669.
Karin Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Wafa went from #2738 to #5493 and Karin from #1802 to #4535.
Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Wafa went from #2738 to #5493 and Kristin from #1176 to #5493.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1843 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wafa

Wafa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wafa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Wafa and the names beside it

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Wafa at a glance

Wafa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Wafa and the names beside it

Wafa moved ahead of

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