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How popular is the name Arif?
Births per year, rank history and how many Arifs are alive today.
Arif (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 34 babies were given the name, the 748th most popular that year.
The Arif you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Arifs born in England and Wales are between 15 and 29, and there are at least 720 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 Arif - on average, only one in every 421 such rooms contains a Arif.
How many babies are named Arif each year?
Where does Arif 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 Arif most popular?
Arif peaked in 2006, when 34 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Arif?
At least 720 people named Arif born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Arif?
Most living Arifs are between 15 and 29; the most common age is about 21. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Arif becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.