Mehwish

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mehwish: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,802, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1802highest recorded position
5groupings 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	#1914
1997	#1802
1998	#3848
1999	#1970
2000	#2746
2001	#2023
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2004	#4598
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#2895
2009	#3936
2010	#2843
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2021	#3192
2022	#2673
2023	#3218
2024	#2253

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 28 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 #1914 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: #1802 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mehwish 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 Mehwish in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	45	9 of 10	5
2010s	47	10 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Mehwish 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: #1802 in England and Wales in 1997.

Mehwish'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,802, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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

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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.

Calypso · #1802, 23y
Helaina · #1802, 24y
Zakiyyah · #1802, 23y
Aamena · #1805, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Calypso · #1802, 23y
Hajera · #1802, 15y
Helaina · #1802, 24y
Zakiyyah · #1802, 23y

Mehwish 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 Mehwish without appearing here.

Mehwish moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Josefine Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Mehwish

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.

Moved the same way as Mehwish

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehwish went from #1914 to #3218 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehwish went from #1914 to #3218 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehwish went from #1914 to #3218 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Mehwish went from #1914 to #3192 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: #1802 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mehwish

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mehwish by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mehwish appears in

Popularity data

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Mehwish at a glance

Mehwish by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mehwish and the names beside it

Mehwish moved ahead of

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