Waniya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Waniya: Recorded since 2003, it reached #1,692 in 2021, and it stood at #1,743 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#1692highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2007	#4294
2009	#3031
2010	#2392
2011	#4049
2012	#2521
2013	#2176
2014	#2862
2015	#3615
2016	#2120
2017	#2502
2018	#2090
2019	#2170
2020	#2163
2021	#1692
2022	#1767
2023	#2504
2024	#1743

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 18 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #4373 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #1692 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1743 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Waniya 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 Waniya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010s	99	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Waniya 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1692 in England and Wales in 2021.

Waniya'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	#1743	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,692, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,743position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

Aliyan · #1692, 19y
Dhian · #1692, 18y
Iyana · #1692, 17y
Lima · #1692, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aliyan · #1692, 19y
Dhian · #1692, 18y
Oceana · #1692, 22y
Eylul · #1690, 22y

Waniya 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 Waniya without appearing here.

Waniya moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1743 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2120 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2120 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Waniya

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #1628.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1692 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #1452.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2120 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2502 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Waniya

Abigail Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 while Aimee went from #51 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 while Aisling went from #637 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 while Alex went from #230 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Waniya

Ada Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 and Alma from #2727 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 and Amelia from #21 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Waniya went from #4373 to #1743 and Aria from #1472 to #35.

What's not yet available

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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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1692 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Waniya

Waniya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Waniya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Waniya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Waniya and the names beside it

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Waniya at a glance

Waniya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Waniya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Waniya and the names beside it

Waniya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Waniya

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Moved the same way as Waniya