Donya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Donya: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,722 in 2003, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1722highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#3795
1998	#2407
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#1722
2004	#4598
2005	#3382
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#5556
2010	#2843
2011	#2636
2012	#2969
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2016	#3214
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#3117
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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 #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: #1722 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Donya 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 Donya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	50	10 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	63	10 of 10	6
2020s	22	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Donya 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: #1722 in England and Wales in 2003.

Donya'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,722, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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 →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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.

Habeebah · #1722, 26y
Shahad · #1722, 24y
Clemency · #1720, 25y
Elyssia · #1720, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Habeebah · #1722, 26y
Janey · #1722, 22y
Clemency · #1720, 25y
Elyssia · #1720, 27y

Donya 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 Donya without appearing here.

Donya moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Donya

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3583 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.

Moved the opposite way to Donya

Ezra Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #2407 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3848 to #1302.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #2843 to #4843 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #3160 to #4843 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #3160 to #4843 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Donya

Finley Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #2407 to #4843 and Finley from #1392 to #3318.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #3795 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #2407 to #4709 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Donya went from #3795 to #5581 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.

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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: #1722 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Donya

Donya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Donya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Donya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Donya and the names beside it

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Donya at a glance

Donya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Donya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Donya and the names beside it

Donya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Donya

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