Meena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meena: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,472 in 2003, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1472highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3174
1998	#2407
1999	#1557
2000	#2416
2001	#3262
2002	#1658
2003	#1472
2004	#1715
2005	#3382
2006	#1862
2007	#2233
2008	#2487
2009	#2148
2010	#2589
2011	#2432
2012	#2717
2013	#2313
2014	#2862
2015	#2496
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#2340
2019	#3541
2020	#2449
2021	#3961
2022	#3148
2023	#2504
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 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 #1914 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: #1472 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meena 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 Meena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	94	10 of 10	9
2010s	89	10 of 10	9
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Meena 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: #1472 in England and Wales in 2003.

Meena'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	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 #1,472, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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 →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 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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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.

Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y
Queenie · #1472, 26y
Saphire · #1472, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y
Queenie · #1472, 26y
Ramisa · #1472, 21y

Meena 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 Meena without appearing here.

Meena moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1658 and #4137.
Helene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1862 and #4157.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Meena

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #2411.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Meena

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Meena

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meena went from #1914 to #4843 and Alex from #161 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1472 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meena

Meena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meena appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meena and the names beside it

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Meena at a glance

Meena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meena appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meena and the names beside it

Meena moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meena

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