Mahiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mahiya: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,292 in 2008, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2292highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2004	#3725
2006	#3116
2007	#5201
2008	#2292
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2019	#4686
2020	#5493
2024	#5891

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 15 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2292 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mahiya 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 Mahiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	26	5 of 10	5
2010s	27	7 of 10	4
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Mahiya 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2292 in England and Wales in 2008.

Mahiya'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,292, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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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Mahirah · #2247, 20y
Mahjabeen · #3015, 10y
Mahlia · #3218, 10y

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.

Aleezah · #2292, 20y
Aidah · #2286, 12y
Halia · #2286, 11y
Hallie-Grace · #2286, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Gurneet · #2292, 23y
Wilhelmina · #2292, 22y
Zubaida · #2292, 21y
Ioanna · #2286, 23y

Mahiya 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 Mahiya without appearing here.

Mahiya moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Mahiya

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3116 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Malin Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Maren Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2292 and #5545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #4739.
Rory Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #4001.

Moved the opposite way to Mahiya

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Mahiya

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mahiya went from #3848 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2292 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahiya

Mahiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Mahiya at a glance

Mahiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mahiya appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mahiya moved ahead of

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