Niyam

maleStatistical record

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

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

Niyam: Recorded since 2004, it reached #1,859 in 2009, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#1859highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#1953
2009	#1859
2010	#2036
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2013	#2216
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#2335
2017	#2324
2018	#2445
2020	#2960
2021	#3990
2022	#2529
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

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 19 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Niyam 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 Niyam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	31	5 of 10	6
2010s	58	9 of 10	6
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Niyam 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1859 in England and Wales in 2009.

Niyam'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,859, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
13 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 →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 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

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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.

Aadit · #1859, 15y
Abdul-Hakeem · #1859, 18y
Ennis · #1859, 16y
Malikai · #1859, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aadit · #1859, 15y
Abdul-Hakeem · #1859, 18y
Malikai · #1859, 20y
Shubh · #1859, 12y

Niyam 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 Niyam without appearing here.

Niyam moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3589 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Niyam

Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2445 and #2693 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #2076.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2324 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #1786.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #3112.

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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1859 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Niyam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Niyam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Niyam and the names beside it

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Niyam at a glance

Niyam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Niyam appears in

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Niyam and the names beside it

Niyam moved ahead of

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