Maisha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maisha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #532 in 2002, and it stood at #1,449 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#532highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#703
1997	#946
1998	#607
1999	#615
2000	#637
2001	#550
2002	#532
2003	#538
2004	#676
2005	#615
2006	#622
2007	#683
2008	#972
2009	#783
2010	#1093
2011	#1168
2012	#1075
2013	#1707
2014	#1299
2015	#1865
2016	#1327
2017	#1296
2018	#2090
2019	#1940
2020	#1939
2021	#2499
2022	#1621
2023	#1705
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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1705 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #703 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: #532 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (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

Maisha 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 Maisha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	139	4 of 10	35
2000sbusiest	478	10 of 10	48
2010s	225	10 of 10	23
2020s	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 48 births a year.

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

Maisha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #532 in England and Wales in 2002.

Maisha'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	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1621	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1296	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1168	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1093	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#783	45	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#972	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#683	50	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#622	53	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#615	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#676	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#538	57	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#532	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#550	51	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#637	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#615	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#607	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#946	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#703	33	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #532, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Maisa · #1819, 22y
Maisey · #247, 29y
Maisie · #14, 30y
Maisie-Jane · #2150, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Cordelia · #532, 29y
Mayson · #534, 28y
Sarina · #534, 29y
Yasemin · #534, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cordelia · #532, 29y
Mariya · #533, 29y
Owais · #533, 29y
Romie · #533, 22y

Maisha was ranked #532 in England and Wales · Girls in 2002. 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.

Maisha 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 Maisha without appearing here.

Maisha moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #5591.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1449 and #3695.
Jordan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2499 and #1866 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1621 and #2888.
Siobhán Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1707 and #1484 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1299 and #2464.

Moved ahead of Maisha

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Clodagh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1296 and #1681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1170.
Ingrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1299 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1865 and #1007.
Ezra Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1296 and #1411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1234.

Moved the opposite way to Maisha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Maisha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maisha went from #703 to #1449 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #532 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maisha

Maisha at a glance

What the data shows

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Maisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Maisha at a glance

Maisha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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