Wafaa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Wafaa: Recorded since 2005, it reached #2,942 in 2021, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#2942highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3382
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2011	#5785
2015	#5730
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2019	#4686
2021	#2942
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#3318

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 15 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3382 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #2942 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Wafaa 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 Wafaa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	22	6 of 10	4
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Wafaa 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2942 in England and Wales in 2021.

Wafaa'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,942, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

Louisiana · #2942, 13y
Ziana · #2942, 14y
Abdulsalam · #2941, 13y
Batu · #2941, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Louisiana · #2942, 13y
Abdulsalam · #2941, 13y
Batu · #2941, 12y
Amarissa · #2945, 11y

Wafaa 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 Wafaa without appearing here.

Wafaa moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kari Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Wafaa

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Dylan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #3548.

Moved the same way as Wafaa

Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Wafaa went from #5545 to #3318 and Ezra from #3397 to #1302.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2942 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wafaa

Wafaa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wafaa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Wafaa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Wafaa and the names beside it

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Wafaa at a glance

Wafaa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Wafaa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Wafaa and the names beside it

Wafaa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wafaa

Moved the same way as Wafaa