Nimah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nimah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,416 in 2000, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2416highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#3795
1997	#3174
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2006	#2781
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2018	#5666
2020	#3117
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#4843

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 15 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 #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: #2416 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nimah 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 Nimah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	29	7 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Nimah 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: #2416 in England and Wales in 2000.

Nimah'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	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 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,416, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 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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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.

Gul · #2416, 15y
Izel · #2416, 15y
Louiza · #2416, 15y
Rukaiya · #2416, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Gul · #2416, 15y
Izel · #2416, 15y
Louiza · #2416, 15y
Rukaiya · #2416, 20y

Nimah 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 Nimah without appearing here.

Nimah moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5556 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Nimah

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #3397.
Blake Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #3900.
Cecilie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #4137.

Moved the same way as Nimah

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nimah went from #3795 to #5666 and Carol from #802 to #4684.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nimah went from #3795 to #5666 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nimah went from #3795 to #5666 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Nimah went from #3795 to #5666 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.

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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: #2416 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nimah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nimah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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