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How popular is the name Sadaf?

Births per year, rank history and how many Sadafs are alive today.

Sadaf (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. The name peaked in 2013, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1484th most popular that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2025 figure is roughly 48% of its peak.

The Sadaf you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Sadafs born in England and Wales are between 13 and 30, and there are at least 460 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sadaf - on average, only one in every 685 such rooms contains a Sadaf.

How many babies are named Sadaf each year?

01020200020201996: 151997: 91998: 151999: 132000: 82001: 132002: 142003: 142004: 152005: 122006: 102007: 142008: 172009: 132010: 172011: 142012: 152013: 212014: 102015: 112016: 102017: 92018: 62019: 62020: 62021: 72022: 162023: 72024: 122025: 10actual

Where does Sadaf rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,2221997: ranked 1,8021998: ranked 1,2591999: ranked 1,3932000: ranked 1,9952001: ranked 1,4392002: ranked 1,3722003: ranked 1,4722004: ranked 1,4592005: ranked 1,7962006: ranked 2,1372007: ranked 1,7412008: ranked 1,5842009: ranked 1,9092010: ranked 1,6532011: ranked 1,9032012: ranked 1,8932013: ranked 1,4842014: ranked 2,4642015: ranked 2,3282016: ranked 2,5472017: ranked 2,7062018: ranked 3,5182019: ranked 3,5412020: ranked 3,4472021: ranked 3,1922022: ranked 1,7672023: ranked 3,2192024: ranked 2,2542025: ranked 2,605

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Sadaf per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 21 in 2013
Sadaf: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Sadaf most popular?

Sadaf peaked in 2013, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Sadaf?

At least 460 people named Sadaf born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Sadaf?

Most living Sadafs are between 13 and 30; the most common age is about 14.

Is Sadaf becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2013 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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