Lima

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lima: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,692 in 2021, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1692highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2017	#5765
2019	#4001
2020	#1773
2021	#1692
2022	#2178
2023	#4056
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 17 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: #1692 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lima 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 Lima in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	27	7 of 10	4
2010s	8	2 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Lima 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: #1692 in England and Wales in 2021.

Lima'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	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	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 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,692, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 6 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 →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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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.

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Iyana · #1692, 17y
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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Celt · #1692, 24y
Dimitris · #1692, 26y
Iyana · #1692, 17y
Abena · #1690, 27y

Lima 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 Lima without appearing here.

Lima moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5545 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1773 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1773 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Lima

Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #499.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #3397.
Selma Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1692 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2178 and #2058.

Moved the opposite way to Lima

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #3126 to #1692 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #3126 to #1692 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2008 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #3126 to #5545 while Jayden went from #2350 to #1247.

Moved the same way as Lima

Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #3126 to #5765 and Helene from #1168 to #5765.
Harper Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #4598 to #2411 and Harper from #3725 to #22.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2008 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #3126 to #5545 and Finlay from #1646 to #3005.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2008 in England and Wales · Girls, Lima went from #3126 to #5545 and Kristy from #620 to #3860.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1692 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lima

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Lima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lima at a glance

Lima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lima moved ahead of

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