Hiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Hiya: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #2,411, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#2411highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#5201
2008	#5545
2009	#3031
2011	#5785
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2016	#4763
2020	#2449
2021	#4634
2022	#3533
2023	#2689
2024	#2411

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 15 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Hiya 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 Hiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	23	5 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Hiya 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2411 in England and Wales in 2024.

Hiya'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	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	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,411, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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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Hisham · #814, 29y
Hiyab · #1894, 12y
Hjalmar · #212, 56y

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.

Apphia · #2411, 15y
Avaleigh · #2411, 12y
Avital · #2411, 15y
Bettie · #2411, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Apphia · #2411, 15y
Bettie · #2411, 18y
Eseosa · #2411, 16y
Fatima-Zahra · #2411, 15y

Hiya 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 Hiya without appearing here.

Hiya moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4763 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Hiya

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #5691.

Moved the opposite way to Hiya

Abigail Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 while Aimee went from #49 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 while Aisling went from #657 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 while Alex went from #251 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Hiya

Ada Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 and Ada from #951 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 and Alma from #1500 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 and Amelia from #15 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Hiya went from #4798 to #2411 and Aria from #1295 to #35.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2411 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Hiya

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Hiya at a glance

Hiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Hiya appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Hiya and the names beside it

Hiya moved ahead of

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