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How popular is the name Waqar?

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

Waqar (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2011 (ranked 3830th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1996, when 45 babies were given the name, the 441st most popular that year.

The Waqar you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Waqars born in England and Wales are between 28 and 36, and there are at least 520 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 Waqar - on average, only one in every 583 such rooms contains a Waqar.

How many babies are named Waqar each year?

0204020001996: 451997: 221998: 281999: 102000: 112001: 162002: 102003: 92004: 92005: 62006: 52007: 52008: 42010: 52011: 4actual

Where does Waqar rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020001996: ranked 4411997: ranked 7251998: ranked 6291999: ranked 1,2812000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 9832002: ranked 1,4112003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 2,4182006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 3,0952008: ranked 3,6872010: ranked 3,3322011: ranked 3,830

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 Waqar per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2011, peaking at about 45 in 1996
Waqar: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2011. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Waqar most popular?

Waqar peaked in 1996, when 45 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Waqar?

At least 520 people named Waqar born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Waqar?

Most living Waqars are between 28 and 36; the most common age is about 31.

Is Waqar becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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