Fenella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Fenella: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #848, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#848highest 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	#848
1997	#1126
1998	#869
1999	#1018
2000	#993
2001	#871
2002	#1066
2003	#1224
2004	#1535
2005	#1243
2006	#1119
2007	#1965
2008	#1206
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#1489
2012	#2969
2013	#2460
2014	#2862
2015	#2328
2016	#2547
2017	#2706
2018	#2340
2019	#2643
2020	#2300
2021	#2499
2022	#4645
2023	#3598
2024	#2771

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 every year 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 #848 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: #848 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Fenella 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 Fenella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	88	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	189	10 of 10	19
2010s	106	10 of 10	11
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Fenella 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: #848 in England and Wales in 1996.

Fenella'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	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	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1119	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#871	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1018	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #848, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 199625 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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Fenn · #1127, 29y
Fenton · #330, 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.

Ihsan · #848, 29y
Kendal · #848, 29y
Nasir · #848, 29y
Sai · #847, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ihsan · #848, 29y
Kendal · #848, 29y
Nasir · #848, 29y
Sai · #847, 29y

Fenella was ranked #848 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. 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.

Fenella 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 Fenella without appearing here.

Fenella moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #4739.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Fenella

Linnea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #2711 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2325.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.
Eileen Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1489 and #1665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1583.
Dylan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1489 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1720.

Moved the opposite way to Fenella

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Fenella

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Fenella went from #848 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #848 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fenella

Fenella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fenella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fenella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fenella

Fenella and the names beside it

Fenella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fenella

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Moved the same way as Fenella

Fenella at a glance

Fenella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Fenella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Fenella

Fenella and the names beside it

Fenella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fenella

Moved the opposite way to Fenella

Moved the same way as Fenella