Anahita

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anahita: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,464 in 2014, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2464highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2701
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#2535
2010	#3533
2011	#4764
2013	#3160
2014	#2464
2015	#3615
2016	#4096
2017	#2502
2018	#4684
2019	#2869
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
2023	#5687
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 21 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2701 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2464 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anahita 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 Anahita in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	36	7 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	60	9 of 10	7
2020s	18	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Anahita 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2464 in England and Wales in 2014.

Anahita'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,464, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2014Under 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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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.

Aala · #2464, 17y
Retaj · #2460, 18y
Aerin · #2458, 24y
Cjay · #2470, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aala · #2464, 17y
Emmylou · #2464, 11y
Asmara · #2460, 14y
Filza · #2460, 14y

Anahita 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 Anahita without appearing here.

Anahita moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2535 and #5556.
Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4764 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Anahita

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1785.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2201.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Ada Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2701 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1831.

Moved the same way as Anahita

Kristin Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anahita went from #2701 to #5687 and Kristin from #1122 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anahita went from #2701 to #5687 and Therese from #2165 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anahita went from #2701 to #5687 and Tracey from #1319 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anahita went from #2701 to #4634 and Carol from #1480 to #3519.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2464 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anahita

Anahita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anahita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anahita appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Anahita at a glance

Anahita by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Anahita and the names beside it

Anahita moved ahead of

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