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 #2,605 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#1692highest recorded position

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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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
2025	#2605

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 18 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

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 recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #1692 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2605 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
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	71	6 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2025. 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
2025	England and Wales	female	#2605	10	High	Verified
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.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 18 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 →
7 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 →
#2,605position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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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.

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What is known about Lima

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1996–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #1692 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lima

Lima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

What is known about Lima

Lima at a glance

Lima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s