Mehr

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mehr: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,042 in 2020, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2042highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2005	#3970
2007	#5201
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#3160
2014	#5691
2015	#2496
2016	#5785
2017	#2706
2018	#3985
2019	#2458
2020	#2042
2021	#2711
2022	#2058
2023	#2063
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2042 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mehr 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 Mehr in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010s	59	10 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Mehr appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2042 in England and Wales in 2020.

Mehr'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,042, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

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.

Mehnaz · #2275, 23y
Mehnoor · #2115, 13y
Mehrab · #2087, 16y
Mehran · #1458, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aalayah · #2042, 18y
Arrabella · #2042, 18y
Charlotte-Rose · #2042, 19y
Magi · #2042, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Charlotte-Rose · #2042, 19y
Magi · #2042, 19y
Paisleigh · #2042, 13y
Ruqaiya · #2042, 22y

Mehr 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 Mehr without appearing here.

Mehr moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2496 and #5730.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Mehr

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Amalie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #931.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2757.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the same way as Mehr

Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehr went from #2738 to #3985 and Finlay from #1234 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehr went from #2738 to #3985 and Helene from #1802 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehr went from #2738 to #3985 and Jayden from #2411 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehr went from #2738 to #3985 and Kristy from #604 to #5666.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2042 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Mehr by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Mehr by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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