Nisa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nisa: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,332 in 2010, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1332highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1998	#2407
1999	#1557
2000	#1831
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#1996
2004	#1617
2005	#2970
2006	#2320
2007	#1854
2008	#1344
2009	#1596
2010	#1332
2011	#1438
2012	#1649
2013	#1864
2014	#1882
2015	#1549
2016	#3214
2017	#4063
2018	#1977
2019	#1703
2020	#1507
2021	#2201
2022	#2888
2023	#2201
2024	#2115

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 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 #2350 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: #1332 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nisa 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 Nisa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000s	105	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	65	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Nisa 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: #1332 in England and Wales in 2010.

Nisa'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	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 #1,332, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

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 →
#2,115position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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.

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Madalyn · #1332, 24y
Billal · #1330, 20y
Cy · #1330, 18y
Justice · #1330, 28y

Nisa 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 Nisa without appearing here.

Nisa moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #5666.
Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #5061.
Maren Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #5061.

Moved ahead of Nisa

Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1617 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #1295.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1666.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1728.
Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1617 and #1836 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2970 and #1934.

Moved the opposite way to Nisa

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nisa went from #4137 to #2115 while Dianne went from #4137 to #5891.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nisa went from #1332 to #2115 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

What's not yet available

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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: #1332 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nisa

Nisa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nisa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nisa appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nisa and the names beside it

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Nisa at a glance

Nisa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nisa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Nisa and the names beside it

Nisa moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nisa

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