Maliha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maliha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #583 in 2011, and it stood at #855 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#583highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1802
1998	#1259
1999	#1557
2000	#1195
2001	#1305
2002	#890
2003	#893
2004	#736
2005	#657
2006	#678
2007	#716
2008	#699
2009	#586
2010	#664
2011	#583
2012	#654
2013	#743
2014	#640
2015	#735
2016	#837
2017	#889
2018	#952
2019	#838
2020	#771
2021	#801
2022	#809
2023	#1087
2024	#855

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1087 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #583 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #855 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maliha 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 Maliha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000s	379	10 of 10	38
2010sbusiest	527	10 of 10	53
2020s	210	5 of 10	42

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

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

Maliha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #583 in England and Wales in 2011.

Maliha'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	#855	43	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1087	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#809	44	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#801	45	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#771	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#838	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#952	38	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#889	43	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#837	45	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#735	53	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#640	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#743	53	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#654	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#583	69	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#664	56	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#586	65	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#699	51	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#716	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#678	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#657	47	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#736	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#893	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#890	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #583, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Maliah · #1556, 15y
Malick · #1744, 21y
Malik · #264, 36y
Malika · #370, 44y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Shayla · #583, 29y
Zahraa · #583, 29y
Ansh · #582, 24y
Arin · #582, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amrit · #583, 29y
Cherry · #583, 29y
Noura · #583, 27y
Shayla · #583, 29y

Maliha was ranked #583 in England and Wales · Girls in 2011. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maliha 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 Maliha without appearing here.

Maliha moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3824.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1305 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #890 and #2301.
Evan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3174.
Lynette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1802 and #3174.

Moved ahead of Maliha

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #583 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #654 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #583 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #654 and #294.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #838 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #771 and #460.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1195 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1305 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Maliha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Maliha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliha went from #2096 to #855 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #583 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maliha

Maliha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maliha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maliha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Maliha moved ahead of

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Maliha at a glance

Maliha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maliha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Maliha

Maliha and the names beside it

Maliha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maliha

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