Maleeha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maleeha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #799 in 2003, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#799highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1646
1997	#1802
1998	#2165
1999	#1317
2000	#1995
2001	#1063
2002	#938
2003	#799
2004	#929
2005	#951
2006	#869
2007	#836
2008	#859
2009	#958
2010	#1072
2011	#1438
2012	#1130
2013	#1177
2014	#963
2015	#1362
2016	#1241
2017	#1457
2018	#1272
2019	#1153
2020	#1507
2021	#1505
2022	#1416
2023	#1371
2024	#1603

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 #1646 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: #799 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maleeha 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 Maleeha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	284	10 of 10	28
2010s	277	10 of 10	28
2020s	104	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

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

Maleeha 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: #799 in England and Wales in 2003.

Maleeha'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1416	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1130	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1072	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#958	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#859	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#869	34	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#951	28	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#929	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	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 #799, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 200725 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.

Malcolm · #45, 71y
Maleah · #2019, 16y
Maleek · #874, 22y
Maleeka · #2247, 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.

Blu · #798, 28y
Morwenna · #801, 28y
Harpreet · #802, 24y
Baran · #795, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anna-Maria · #798, 29y
Blu · #798, 28y
Talya · #798, 29y
Morwenna · #801, 28y

Maleeha was ranked #799 in England and Wales · Girls in 2003. 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.

Maleeha 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 Maleeha without appearing here.

Maleeha moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1063 and #3998.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1416 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1371 and #2689.
Tania Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1438 and #1327 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1130 and #2338.
Helene Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2165 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1317 and #2444.

Moved ahead of Maleeha

Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1072 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1438 and #1067.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #958 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1072 and #773.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1130 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1177 and #925.
Ida Compare
In 2008 they stood at #859 and #937 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #958 and #726.

Moved the opposite way to Maleeha

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maleeha went from #1063 to #1603 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maleeha went from #929 to #1603 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maleeha went from #1072 to #1603 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Maleeha

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maleeha went from #938 to #1603 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #799 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maleeha

Maleeha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maleeha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Maleeha at a glance

Maleeha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Maleeha

Maleeha and the names beside it

Maleeha moved ahead of

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