Meher

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Meher: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #1,198, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1198highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2001	#3998
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#2235
2011	#1903
2012	#2969
2013	#1707
2014	#1501
2015	#1865
2016	#1749
2017	#1568
2018	#1788
2019	#1703
2020	#2042
2021	#1351
2022	#1849
2023	#1371
2024	#1198

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 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3225 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meher appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 291 births with the name.

Meher 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.

Meher'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	#3225 (1999)	#1198 (2024)	#1198 (2024)	22 of 26	291 (1999–2024)	28 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#4333 (2007)	#4023 (2016)	#4023 (2016)	3 of 10	10 (2007–2016)	4 (2016)

Meher 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 Meher in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	30	6 of 10	5
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	102	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Meher 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1198 in England and Wales in 2024.

Meher'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	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,198, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,198position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 202425 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.

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Mehmet · #267, 72y

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.

Japji · #1198, 17y
Kayaan · #1199, 17y
Aaila · #1200, 17y
Aariya · #1200, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Beckham · #1199, 12y
Llywelyn · #1199, 28y
Paulo · #1199, 28y
Reuel · #1199, 28y

Meher 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 Meher without appearing here.

Meher moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1707 and #5742.
Geraldine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3936 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3936 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Meher

Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #1934.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1501 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1865 and #1240.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1568 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Meher

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 while Aisling went from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 while Alex went from #204 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Meher

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 and Ada from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 and Alma from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 and Alyssa from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Meher went from #3225 to #1198 and Amalie from #2770 to #1128.

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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1198 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meher

Meher at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meher across 2 official records

Meher by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meher 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

Meher and the names beside it

Meher moved ahead of

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Meher at a glance

Meher across 2 official records

Meher by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meher appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Meher and the names beside it

Meher moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meher

Moved the opposite way to Meher

Moved the same way as Meher