Abida

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abida: Recorded since 1996, it reached #687 in 2004, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#687highest recorded position
6groupings 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	#1031
1997	#803
1998	#1076
1999	#900
2000	#764
2001	#835
2002	#799
2003	#893
2004	#687
2005	#1045
2006	#1004
2007	#1050
2008	#1718
2009	#1325
2010	#2392
2011	#1903
2012	#2215
2013	#1956
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#2966
2017	#2706
2018	#3518
2019	#2869
2020	#5493
2021	#3192
2022	#3533
2024	#3318

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 #1031 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: #687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Abida 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 Abida in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	90	4 of 10	23
2000sbusiest	276	10 of 10	28
2010s	94	10 of 10	9
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Abida 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: #687 in England and Wales in 2004.

Abida'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	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	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1325	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1050	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1004	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#687	42	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#893	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#799	31	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#835	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#764	30	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#900	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#803	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1031	19	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 #687, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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 →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
42births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 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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Abid · #629, 29y
Abiel · #701, 10y
Abigael · #661, 25y

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.

Zakary · #689, 29y
Jujhar · #691, 23y
Mert · #691, 29y
Ashwin · #681, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bonita · #689, 29y
Brieanna · #689, 15y
Ella-Marie · #689, 26y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y

Abida was ranked #687 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Abida 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 Abida without appearing here.

Abida moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5493 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Abida

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Abida

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Abida

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abida went from #1031 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #687 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abida

Abida at a glance

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Popularity journey

Abida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Abida at a glance

Abida by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abida appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Abida moved ahead of

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