Menna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Menna: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #816 in 1999, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#816highest 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	#1005
1997	#1802
1998	#898
1999	#816
2000	#993
2001	#1063
2002	#1245
2003	#1224
2004	#948
2005	#1343
2006	#1153
2007	#1502
2008	#1344
2009	#1209
2010	#1294
2011	#1903
2012	#1428
2013	#1864
2014	#1562
2015	#1961
2016	#2233
2017	#2090
2018	#2674
2019	#2643
2020	#2300
2021	#2711
2022	#1948
2023	#2689
2024	#2253

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 #1005 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: #816 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Menna 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 Menna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	80	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	204	10 of 10	20
2010s	151	10 of 10	15
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Menna 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: #816 in England and Wales in 1999.

Menna'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1209	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#948	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#816	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#898	24	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1005	20	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 #816, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

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 →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 199925 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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Mercedes · #327, 30y

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.

Celyn · #816, 28y
Maaria · #816, 24y
Imaani · #817, 25y
Lynden · #817, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Celyn · #816, 28y
Maaria · #816, 24y
Imaani · #817, 25y
Lynden · #817, 28y

Menna was ranked #816 in England and Wales · Girls in 1999. 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.

Menna 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 Menna without appearing here.

Menna moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #4535.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Menna

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.
Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1948 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #1705.
Ingrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #1007.

Moved the opposite way to Menna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Menna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Menna went from #1005 to #2253 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: #816 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Menna

Menna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Menna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Menna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Menna

Menna and the names beside it

Menna moved ahead of

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Menna at a glance

Menna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Menna 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 Menna

Menna and the names beside it

Menna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Menna

Moved the opposite way to Menna

Moved the same way as Menna