Minal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Minal: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,672, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1672highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2004	#2530
2005	#4798
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2008	#1718
2009	#3422
2010	#2392
2011	#2025
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#2502
2018	#2340
2019	#1854
2020	#1939
2021	#1692
2022	#1849
2023	#1705
2024	#1672

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 26 of the 29 years 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 #3126 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: #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Minal 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 Minal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	58	9 of 10	6
2010s	84	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Minal 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: #1672 in England and Wales in 2024.

Minal'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,672, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,672position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 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.

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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.

Afiya · #1672, 25y
Fajar · #1672, 21y
Damari · #1673, 22y
Eldon · #1673, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Afiya · #1672, 25y
Niva · #1672, 16y
Eldon · #1673, 21y
Isaaq · #1673, 25y

Minal 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 Minal without appearing here.

Minal moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Minal

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2530 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2025 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1893.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Minal

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Minal

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minal went from #3126 to #1672 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1672 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Minal

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Minal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Minal at a glance

Minal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Minal moved ahead of

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