Meila

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meila: Recorded since 2006, it reached #1,436 in 2018, and it stood at #1,672 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#1436highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2011	#5785
2012	#4171
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#2328
2016	#2367
2017	#1911
2018	#1436
2019	#1562
2020	#1939
2021	#1628
2022	#1948
2023	#1774
2024	#1672

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 15 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #5061 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #1436 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meila 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 Meila in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	100	9 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	80	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Meila 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 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1436 in England and Wales in 2018.

Meila'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	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 2006 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,436, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,672position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 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.

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Meira · #2869, 16y

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.

Lamaisah · #1436, 11y
Hasina · #1434, 19y
Sultana · #1434, 14y
Adonai · #1439, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Adonai · #1439, 17y
Sienna-Mae · #1439, 16y
Violette · #1439, 22y
Artin · #1431, 22y

Meila 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 Meila without appearing here.

Meila moved ahead of

Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #5730.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #4684.
Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Meila

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Meila

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 while Abigail went from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 while Aisling went from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 while Alex went from #279 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Meila

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 and Ada from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 and Alma from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 and Amelia from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meila went from #5061 to #1672 and Aria from #1280 to #35.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1436 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meila

Meila at a glance

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Popularity journey

Meila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Meila at a glance

Meila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meila appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Meila moved ahead of

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