Nima

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Nima: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,367, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1367highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2001	#3262
2003	#3099
2004	#2530
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2013	#5742
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#4686
2021	#5581

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 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 #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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1367 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nima appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 154 births with the name.

Nima 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.

Nima'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 · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1367 (1998)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	154 (1996–2024)	10 (2004)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2530 (2004)	#5581 (2021)	13 of 26	56 (1996–2021)	7 (2004)

Nima 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 Nima in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	58	10 of 10	6
2010s	46	10 of 10	5
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Nima 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: #1367 in England and Wales in 1998.

Nima'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	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 #1,367, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

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.

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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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.

Owyn · #1367, 24y
Rafay · #1367, 24y
Thomas-James · #1367, 24y
Titus · #1367, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Constantinos · #1367, 23y
Kalam · #1367, 11y
Owyn · #1367, 24y
Qamar · #1367, 21y

Nima 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 Nima without appearing here.

Nima moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Nima

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2629 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2194.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.

Moved the opposite way to Nima

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nima

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nima went from #1591 to #2671 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

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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: #1367 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nima

Nima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nima across 2 official records

Nima by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nima appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Nima across 2 official records

Nima by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Nima appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nima and the names beside it

Nima moved ahead of

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