Murtaza

maleStatistical record

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

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

Murtaza: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #836 in 2008, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#836highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1052
1998	#1642
1999	#1281
2000	#1241
2001	#1467
2002	#1411
2003	#1188
2004	#1110
2005	#1716
2006	#1401
2007	#1201
2008	#836
2009	#1749
2010	#1109
2011	#1398
2012	#1430
2013	#1116
2014	#1144
2015	#1586
2016	#1363
2017	#1470
2018	#1382
2019	#1587
2020	#2960
2021	#1860
2022	#2165
2023	#1799
2024	#2088

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys 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 #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #836 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Murtaza by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Murtaza in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	149	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	188	10 of 10	19
2020s	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Murtaza 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: #836 in England and Wales in 2008.

Murtaza'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	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1116	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#836	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	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 #836, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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 →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 200825 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.

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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.

Amiya · #836, 25y
Bluebell · #836, 24y
Malaki · #837, 26y
Neive · #835, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bluebell · #836, 24y
Malaki · #837, 26y
Neive · #835, 27y
Saniya · #835, 29y

Murtaza was ranked #836 in England and Wales · Boys in 2008. 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.

Murtaza 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 Murtaza without appearing here.

Murtaza moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4107.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #3225.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Murtaza

Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1587 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1548.
Hunter Compare
In 2008 they stood at #836 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #848.
Hudson Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1110 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #982.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1144 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1586 and #996.

Moved the opposite way to Murtaza

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Murtaza

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Murtaza went from #1458 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #836 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Murtaza

Murtaza at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Murtaza by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Murtaza at a glance

Murtaza by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Murtaza and the names beside it

Murtaza moved ahead of

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