Hibah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Hibah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #712 in 2003, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#712highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1287
1998	#1211
1999	#1317
2000	#1313
2001	#936
2002	#750
2003	#712
2004	#1012
2005	#971
2006	#855
2007	#727
2008	#1065
2009	#958
2010	#1013
2011	#937
2012	#1058
2013	#1324
2014	#1120
2015	#1279
2016	#1057
2017	#1296
2018	#1436
2019	#2643
2020	#2449
2021	#2499
2022	#3970
2023	#3218
2024	#1541

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 every year 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 #1522 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: #712 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hibah 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 Hibah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	304	10 of 10	30
2010s	276	10 of 10	28
2020s	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

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

Hibah 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: #712 in England and Wales in 2003.

Hibah'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	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1296	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1058	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#937	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#958	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#727	46	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#855	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#971	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1012	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#712	39	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1211	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #712, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,541position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
46births registered in its largest year, 200725 to 49 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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Hibbah · #1297, 21y

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.

Aaliya · #712, 29y
Abdur · #712, 29y
Sumaiyah · #712, 28y
Rayhaan · #711, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aaliya · #712, 29y
Abdur · #712, 29y
Anoushka · #712, 29y
Sumaiyah · #712, 28y

Hibah was ranked #712 in England and Wales · Girls in 2003. 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.

Hibah 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 Hibah without appearing here.

Hibah moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1541 and #4843.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1541 and #4192.
Kim Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1541 and #4192.

Moved ahead of Hibah

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1058 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1324 and #925.
Audrey Compare
In 2007 they stood at #727 and #899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1065 and #691.
Ada Compare
In 2007 they stood at #727 and #919 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1065 and #699.

Moved the opposite way to Hibah

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #936 to #1541 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #1012 to #1541 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #1013 to #1541 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Hibah

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #1522 to #3218 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #1522 to #3218 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #1522 to #3218 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Hibah went from #1522 to #2499 and Carol from #802 to #3519.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #712 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hibah

Hibah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hibah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hibah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Hibah at a glance

Hibah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hibah 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 Hibah

Hibah and the names beside it

Hibah moved ahead of

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