Thandiwe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Thandiwe: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,278 in 2004, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2278highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

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
2000	#3912
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#3099
2004	#2278
2006	#2509
2007	#5201
2008	#3005
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2022	#3533
2023	#4709
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 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: #2278 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Thandiwe 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 Thandiwe 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
2000sbusiest	45	9 of 10	5
2010s	40	9 of 10	4
2020s	19	3 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Thandiwe 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: #2278 in England and Wales in 2004.

Thandiwe'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	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	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	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 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,278, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births 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.

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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.

Manroop · #2278, 18y
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Orli · #2278, 20y
Reeya · #2278, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Nuria · #2278, 26y
Reeya · #2278, 24y
Sabeeha · #2278, 23y
Urvi · #2278, 18y

Thandiwe 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 Thandiwe without appearing here.

Thandiwe moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Thandiwe

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Noah Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #3615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2509 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2326.

Moved the same way as Thandiwe

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Thandiwe went from #3795 to #5591 and Carol from #802 to #5591.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Thandiwe went from #3795 to #5591 and Ellinor from #2350 to #4686.
Karin Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Thandiwe went from #3795 to #5591 and Karin from #2350 to #3541.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Thandiwe went from #3795 to #5591 and Tyler from #230 to #4001.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2278 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Thandiwe

Thandiwe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thandiwe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Thandiwe at a glance

Thandiwe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Thandiwe and the names beside it

Thandiwe moved ahead of

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