Nirvana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nirvana: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,081, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1081highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1234
1998	#2701
1999	#3225
2000	#1995
2002	#2105
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#5061
2007	#2895
2009	#4564
2010	#1993
2011	#3549
2012	#2095
2013	#2649
2014	#2058
2015	#1865
2016	#1571
2017	#1219
2018	#1200
2019	#1497
2020	#1846
2021	#1692
2022	#1081
2023	#1469
2024	#2574

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 27 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: #1081 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nirvana 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 Nirvana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000s	45	8 of 10	6
2010s	165	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	94	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Nirvana 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: #1081 in England and Wales in 2022.

Nirvana'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1081	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1200	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1219	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,081, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
31births registered in its largest year, 202225 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.

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.

Cleopatra · #1081, 27y
Ahlam · #1082, 29y
Cicely · #1082, 29y
Hamda · #1082, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cleopatra · #1081, 27y
Ahlam · #1082, 29y
Cicely · #1082, 29y
Guillaume · #1082, 21y

Nirvana 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 Nirvana without appearing here.

Nirvana moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3549 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2095 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2095 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.
Geraldine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Nirvana

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1865 and #1240.
Selma Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #2000.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1200 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Nirvana

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nirvana went from #1234 to #2574 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nirvana went from #1234 to #2574 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nirvana went from #3126 to #1469 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Nirvana went from #3126 to #1469 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.

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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: #1081 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nirvana

Nirvana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nirvana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Nirvana at a glance

Nirvana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nirvana appears in

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nirvana and the names beside it

Nirvana moved ahead of

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