Diva

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Diva: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #2,683, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2683highest recorded position
3groupings 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	#2683
2000	#2746
2002	#2868
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#5545
2009	#3031
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
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 15 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 #2683 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: #2683 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (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

Diva 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 Diva 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
2000sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2010s	24	5 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Diva 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: #2683 in England and Wales in 1996.

Diva'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,683, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 8 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 →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 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.

Dior · #1153, 27y
Diora · #1469, 14y
Divina · #842, 13y
Divine · #305, 29y

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.

Anamika · #2683, 20y
Meenakshi · #2683, 12y
Renea · #2683, 16y
Shaira · #2683, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anamika · #2683, 20y
Marged · #2683, 22y
Meenakshi · #2683, 12y
Renea · #2683, 16y

Diva 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 Diva without appearing here.

Diva moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Diva

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #1934.
Selma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2746 and #1389.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.

Moved the same way as Diva

Karin Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Diva went from #2683 to #5493 and Karin from #2350 to #4535.
Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Diva went from #2683 to #5493 and Kristin from #1434 to #5493.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Diva went from #2683 to #5493 and Therese from #2096 to #5493.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Diva went from #2683 to #5493 and Tracey from #783 to #4535.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2683 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Diva

Diva at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Diva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Diva appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Diva and the names beside it

Diva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diva

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Diva at a glance

Diva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Diva appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Diva and the names beside it

Diva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diva

Moved the same way as Diva