Motunrayo

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Motunrayo: Recorded since 1996, it reached #842 in 2007, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#842highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2000	#3247
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2008	#3397
2009	#5556
2014	#5691
2016	#4763
2017	#2925

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 11 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #2925 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Motunrayo 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 Motunrayo in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	22	5 of 10	4
2010s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Motunrayo 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 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #842 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Motunrayo'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
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2017, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #842, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,925position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
11 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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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Mourad · #2636, 11y

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.

Abigaile · #842, 13y
Divina · #842, 13y
Kaydi · #842, 14y
Lakisha · #842, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abigaile · #842, 13y
Anneliese · #842, 29y
Giada · #842, 19y
Ifrah · #842, 29y

Motunrayo was ranked #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2007. 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.

Motunrayo 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 Motunrayo without appearing here.

Motunrayo moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #5765.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #4763.
Linnea Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #4763.
Lorraine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4763 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Motunrayo

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3197 and #1836.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2682.
Hayden Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #3970.

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 1996 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #842 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Motunrayo

Motunrayo at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Motunrayo by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Motunrayo 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 Motunrayo

Motunrayo and the names beside it

Motunrayo moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Motunrayo

Motunrayo at a glance

Motunrayo by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Motunrayo 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 Motunrayo

Motunrayo and the names beside it

Motunrayo moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Motunrayo