Hirah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Hirah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,702 in 2014, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1702highest recorded position
5groupings 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	#3126
2005	#4798
2006	#2509
2007	#4294
2008	#1914
2009	#1837
2010	#2104
2011	#1729
2012	#1893
2013	#1864
2014	#1702
2015	#1961
2016	#2008
2017	#1733
2018	#2340
2019	#2170
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2024	#5891

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 19 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 #3126 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: #1702 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hirah 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 Hirah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	42	5 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	143	10 of 10	14
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Hirah 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: #1702 in England and Wales in 2014.

Hirah'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1837	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,702, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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 →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births 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.

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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.

Gisele · #1702, 23y
Ajla · #1703, 14y
Enfys · #1703, 23y
Gursahib · #1701, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Armand · #1703, 27y
Enfys · #1703, 23y
Harith · #1703, 26y
Humayun · #1703, 19y

Hirah 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 Hirah without appearing here.

Hirah moved ahead of

Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #5545.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #5707.
Kristy Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #3860.
Jayden Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2104 and #1731 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1729 and #3549.

Moved ahead of Hirah

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1313.
Liv Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #1796.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Selma Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2163.

Moved the opposite way to Hirah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Hirah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hirah went from #3126 to #5891 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: #1702 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hirah

Hirah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hirah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hirah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Hirah at a glance

Hirah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hirah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Hirah and the names beside it

Hirah moved ahead of

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