Isma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Isma: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #965 in 2003, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#965highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1755
1997	#1666
1998	#1392
1999	#1107
2000	#1195
2001	#992
2002	#1066
2003	#965
2004	#1158
2005	#1082
2006	#1502
2007	#1337
2008	#1516
2009	#1411
2010	#2843
2011	#1608
2012	#1099
2013	#2176
2014	#2464
2015	#3252
2016	#2233
2017	#4763
2018	#2090
2019	#1562
2020	#1556
2021	#2942
2022	#3148
2023	#2927
2024	#1819

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 #1755 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: #965 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Isma 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 Isma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	50	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	199	10 of 10	20
2010s	134	10 of 10	13
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Isma 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: #965 in England and Wales in 2003.

Isma'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#965	25	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#992	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	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 #965, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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 →
#1,819position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
31births registered in its largest year, 201225 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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Ismaeel · #344, 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.

Dimitri · #964, 29y
Aydan · #963, 29y
Georgi · #963, 29y
Saffa · #963, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Angad · #965, 23y
Dimitri · #964, 29y
Aydan · #963, 29y
Georgi · #963, 29y

Isma was ranked #965 in England and Wales · Girls in 2003. 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.

Isma 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 Isma without appearing here.

Isma moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #4684.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Isma

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Dylan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #2300 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1454.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1099 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #925.

Moved the opposite way to Isma

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1107 to #1819 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1107 to #1819 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #992 to #1819 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1158 to #1819 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Isma

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1755 to #2927 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1755 to #2927 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1755 to #2927 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Isma went from #1755 to #2942 and Carol from #802 to #3519.

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

Isma

Isma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Isma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Isma at a glance

Isma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Isma appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Isma

Isma and the names beside it

Isma moved ahead of

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