Nairah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nairah: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 18 years, its highest recorded position is #2,063, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2063highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Nairah's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2015	#5730
2016	#2367
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2022	#2673
2023	#2063
2024	#3015

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 10 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 #3795 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: #2063 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nairah 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 Nairah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	27	5 of 10	5
2020s	34	4 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Nairah 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: #2063 in England and Wales in 2023.

Nairah'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,063, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
18 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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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Naisha · #1901, 21y
Naithan · #584, 12y

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.

Ivy-Mai · #2063, 11y
Lahna · #2063, 12y
Rivah · #2063, 10y
Darcie-Mai · #2058, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Afsheen · #2058, 18y
Aisla · #2058, 19y
Billie-Rose · #2058, 16y
Jasneet · #2058, 24y

Nairah 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 Nairah without appearing here.

Nairah moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4686 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #5687.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3795 and #848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4535 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Kari Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4686 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.

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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: #2063 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nairah

Nairah at a glance

What stands out in Nairah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nairah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nairah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nairah and the names beside it

Nairah moved ahead of

Nairah at a glance

What stands out in Nairah's record

Nairah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nairah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nairah and the names beside it

Nairah moved ahead of