Medina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Medina: Recorded since 1992, its highest recorded position is #254, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2152
1998	#1697
1999	#2444
2000	#2167
2001	#1728
2002	#3409
2003	#2436
2004	#2278
2005	#1796
2006	#2137
2007	#1965
2008	#1641
2009	#1171
2010	#1584
2011	#1608
2012	#1483
2013	#1291
2014	#2058
2015	#1452
2016	#1525
2017	#1184
2018	#1136
2019	#1218
2020	#1127
2021	#901
2022	#1006
2023	#981
2024	#795

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 Norway in 26 of the 34 years from 1992 to 2025.

In 2024: #295 among girls in Norway, #795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1992–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #666 among girls in Norway in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1992–2025
Highest recorded position: #254 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1992–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #254 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Medina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 549 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1992.

Medina 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.

Medina'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
Norway · Girls	#666 (1992)	#254 (2025)	#254 (2025)	26 of 34	230 (1992–2025)	16 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#795 (2024)	#795 (2024)	29 of 29	549 (1996–2024)	47 (2024)

Medina 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 Medina in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	112	10 of 10	11
2010s	225	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	184	5 of 10	37

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 37 births a year.

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

Medina 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 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #254 in Norway in 2025.

Medina'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	#795	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#981	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1006	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#901	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1184	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1291	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#254	16	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#295	13	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#270	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#283	14	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#447	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#344	10	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#341	11	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#322	13	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#504	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#362	12	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#349	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#501	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#334	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#372	12	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#610	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#477	7	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#610	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#561	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#466	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#627	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#563	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#413	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#666	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1992 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 47 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 4 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.

Medeea · #555, 12y
Medi · #1870, 23y
Meela · #1854, 15y
Meena · #1472, 29y

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.

Pierre · #254, 35y
Derry · #253, 31y
Monty · #253, 30y
Chantal · #252, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Codi · #254, 29y
Culann · #254, 23y
Jayce · #254, 29y
Katie-Rose · #254, 23y

Medina was ranked #254 in Norway · Girls in 2025. 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.

Medina 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 Medina without appearing here.

Medina moved ahead of

Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1483 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1291 and #4050.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1728 and #3998.
Therese Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3409 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2436 and #4373.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #1798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1452 and #3252.

Moved ahead of Medina

Sienna Compare
In 2005 they stood at #561 and #616 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #610 and #309.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #334 and #499 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #501 and #272.
Molly Compare
In 2005 they stood at #466 and #606 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #610 and #395.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1452 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Medina

Camilla Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 while Camilla went from #3 to #279.
Hanne Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 while Hanne went from #16 to #318.
Heidi Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 while Heidi went from #45 to #437.
Hilde Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 while Hilde went from #62 to #506.

Moved the same way as Medina

Abigail Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 and Abigail from #574 to #273.
Amanda Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 and Amanda from #93 to #52.
Annie Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 and Annie from #376 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Medina went from #666 to #254 and Åse from #250 to #93.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #254 in Norway in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Medina

Medina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Medina across 2 official records

Medina by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Medina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Medina

Medina and the names beside it

Medina moved ahead of

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Medina at a glance

Medina across 2 official records

Medina by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Medina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Medina

Medina and the names beside it

Medina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Medina

Moved the opposite way to Medina

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