Mashal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mashal: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #2,888, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2888highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2004	#4598
2006	#3548
2008	#5545
2010	#4012
2011	#5785
2012	#4171
2013	#4739
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2020	#3447
2022	#2888
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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 16 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: #2888 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mashal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 69 births with the name.

Mashal across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mashal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#2888 (2022)	#4843 (2024)	16 of 27	69 (1998–2024)	8 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#3467 (2003)	#5119 (2024)	3 of 22	10 (2003–2024)	4 (2008)

Mashal 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 Mashal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	14	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	26	6 of 10	4
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Mashal 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: #2888 in England and Wales in 2022.

Mashal'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	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 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,888, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 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 →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 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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Mason-Lee · #1191, 18y

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.

Dariya · #2888, 12y
Lillie-Anne · #2888, 19y
Naylah · #2888, 15y
Ruhani · #2888, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Leah-Mae · #2887, 12y
Avigail · #2895, 13y
Horace · #2901, 14y
Lamisa · #2901, 17y

Mashal 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 Mashal without appearing here.

Mashal moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3447 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Kari Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.
Josefine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Mashal

Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2927.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3615 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Mashal

Blake Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mashal went from #3225 to #4843 while Blake went from #3900 to #432.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mashal went from #3225 to #4843 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mashal went from #3225 to #4843 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Mashal

Carol Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Mashal went from #3848 to #5785 and Carol from #1480 to #4096.
Finlay Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Mashal went from #3848 to #5785 and Finlay from #995 to #5785.
Tyler Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Mashal went from #3848 to #5785 and Tyler from #219 to #4763.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2888 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mashal

Mashal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mashal across 2 official records

Mashal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mashal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Mashal at a glance

Mashal across 2 official records

Mashal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mashal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mashal and the names beside it

Mashal moved ahead of

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