Abena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abena: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,690 in 2005, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1690highest recorded position
5groupings 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
1997	#3824
1998	#2407
1999	#1805
2000	#2416
2001	#2783
2002	#1784
2003	#2436
2004	#2112
2005	#1690
2006	#1862
2007	#2233
2008	#2487
2009	#2759
2010	#4688
2011	#2432
2012	#2969
2013	#2887
2015	#3252
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2021	#2942
2022	#5669
2023	#2504
2024	#2771

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 27 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: #1690 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (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

Abena 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 Abena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	51	8 of 10	6
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Abena 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: #1690 in England and Wales in 2005.

Abena'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	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	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	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,690, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 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.

Aliah · #1690, 26y
Eylul · #1690, 22y
Tanaya · #1690, 28y
Celt · #1692, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aliah · #1690, 26y
Jannath · #1690, 21y
Kizzie · #1690, 20y
Tanaya · #1690, 28y

Abena 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 Abena without appearing here.

Abena moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.
Shea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2504 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Abena

Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3252 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2706.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1862 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #1573.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #2338.

Moved the opposite way to Abena

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abena went from #1805 to #2771 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abena went from #1805 to #2771 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Abena

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abena went from #4688 to #2771 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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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: #1690 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abena

Abena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abena appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Abena at a glance

Abena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abena appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abena and the names beside it

Abena moved ahead of

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