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How popular is the name Alif?
Births per year, rank history and how many Alifs are alive today.
Alif (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2321st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Alif you are most likely to meet is around 0 years old - or else around 14: the name has two living generations. Half of all Alifs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 19, and there are at least 100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Alif - on average, only one in every 3,030 such rooms contains a Alif.
How many babies are named Alif each year?
Where does Alif rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Alif most popular?
Alif peaked in 2022, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Alif?
At least 100 people named Alif born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Alif?
Most living Alifs are between 5 and 19; the most common age is about 0. There is a second cluster around 14.
Is Alif becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.