Maham

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maham: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,070 in 2014, and it stood at #1,449 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1070highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#2165
1999	#1473
2000	#1475
2001	#1870
2002	#1658
2003	#1269
2004	#2278
2005	#1589
2006	#1386
2007	#1502
2008	#1718
2009	#2326
2010	#2589
2011	#1489
2012	#1525
2013	#1433
2014	#1070
2015	#1362
2016	#1370
2017	#1105
2018	#1393
2019	#1439
2020	#1773
2021	#1628
2022	#1452
2023	#1525
2024	#1449

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 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 #3795 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: #1070 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1449 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maham 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 Maham in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	131	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	227	10 of 10	23
2020s	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Maham 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: #1070 in England and Wales in 2014.

Maham'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	#1449	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1439	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1370	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1070	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,070, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

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 →
#1,449position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 201425 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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Mahammed · #1127, 24y

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.

Eleana · #1072, 29y
Jaycee · #1072, 29y
Sadiya · #1072, 28y
Gwenllian · #1074, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eleana · #1072, 29y
Jaycee · #1072, 29y
Sadiya · #1072, 28y
Zeba · #1072, 21y

Maham 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 Maham without appearing here.

Maham moved ahead of

Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1489 and #4764.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #5707.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1525 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1433 and #4050.
Teddy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1658 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Maham

Frida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1502 and #1656 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1718 and #1247.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1773 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1439 and #1063.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1773 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Maham

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Maham

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maham went from #3795 to #1449 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1070 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maham

Maham at a glance

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Popularity journey

Maham by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Maham at a glance

Maham by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Maham moved ahead of

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