Dunya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Dunya: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #1,452, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1452highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3247
2003	#4373
2005	#3382
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#3860
2009	#2759
2010	#3156
2011	#2150
2012	#5876
2013	#1956
2014	#4684
2015	#2328
2016	#2547
2017	#2341
2018	#1711
2019	#1940
2020	#3117
2021	#1962
2022	#1452
2023	#2346
2024	#1541

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 22 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3247 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1452 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dunya 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 Dunya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010s	103	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	73	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Dunya 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1452 in England and Wales in 2022.

Dunya'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	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,452, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,541position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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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Duru · #3447, 13y
Dustin · #322, 18y

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.

Pari · #1452, 23y
Alaska · #1454, 23y
Delyth · #1450, 25y
Eithan · #1454, 27y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ani · #1449, 23y
Eva-Maria · #1449, 13y
Hargun · #1449, 18y
Harnoor · #1449, 17y

Dunya 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 Dunya without appearing here.

Dunya moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.
Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Dunya

Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #965.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #1436.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Dunya

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 while Aisling went from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 while Alex went from #186 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Dunya

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 and Ada from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 and Alma from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 and Amalie from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dunya went from #3247 to #1541 and Amelia from #35 to #2.

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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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1452 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dunya

Dunya at a glance

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Popularity journey

Dunya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Dunya at a glance

Dunya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Dunya and the names beside it

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