Nula

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nula: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 37 years, its highest recorded position is #215, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#215highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Nula's record

Absent from every published list for 37 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2011	#4764
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#3160
2015	#5730
2018	#2499
2019	#2458
2020	#2300
2021	#3519
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 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #215 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1965
Highest recorded position: #215 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1965).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nula appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 15 ranked years and 84 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Nula 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.

Nula'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 · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#2300 (2020)	#4843 (2024)	15 of 22	84 (2003–2024)	11 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#215 (1964)	#215 (1964)	#325 (1965)	2 of 2	16 (1964–1965)	12 (1964)

Nula 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 Nula in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	45	7 of 10	6
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Nula appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #215 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Nula'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #215, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 37 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 39 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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 →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
37 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
39 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 1964Under 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 2 registrars, 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.

Abina · #214, 20y
Canice · #216, 20y
Caidan · #217, 18y
Aimee-Leigh · #212, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Donall · #215, 23y
Abina · #214, 20y
Canice · #216, 20y
Flannan · #214, 12y

Nula was ranked #215 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nula 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 Nula without appearing here.

Nula moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5730 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Nula

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1939.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3519 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #4056.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #215 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nula

Nula at a glance

What stands out in Nula's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nula across 2 official records

Nula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nula appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Nula

Nula and the names beside it

Nula moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Nula

Nula at a glance

What stands out in Nula's record

Nula across 2 official records

Nula by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nula appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Nula

Nula and the names beside it

Nula moved ahead of

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