Divya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Divya: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,015, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1015highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1015
1998	#1319
1999	#1261
2000	#1389
2001	#1439
2002	#2105
2003	#1628
2004	#2112
2005	#1934
2006	#2320
2007	#1573
2008	#1815
2009	#1752
2010	#2392
2011	#1807
2012	#2717
2013	#2649
2014	#2464
2015	#2945
2016	#2966
2018	#2901
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
2024	#3318

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 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: #1015 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Divya 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 Divya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	65	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	120	10 of 10	12
2010s	77	8 of 10	10
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Divya 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1015 in England and Wales in 1997.

Divya'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,015, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 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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Diya · #326, 30y

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.

Mahdiya · #1016, 24y
Rosie-Mae · #1013, 26y
Bismah · #1012, 27y
Chana · #1018, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Rosie-Mae · #1013, 26y
Bismah · #1012, 27y
Chana · #1018, 29y
Meer · #1018, 26y

Divya 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 Divya without appearing here.

Divya moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2717 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2649 and #4739.

Moved ahead of Divya

Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2717 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Linnea Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Diane Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3899.

Moved the opposite way to Divya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Divya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Divya went from #1168 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1015 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Divya

Divya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Divya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Divya at a glance

Divya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Divya appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Divya and the names beside it

Divya moved ahead of

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