Risha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Risha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,952 in 2004, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1952highest recorded position
6groupings 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	#3126
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
2001	#2783
2002	#2868
2003	#2191
2004	#1952
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#3218
2008	#2150
2009	#3031
2010	#2104
2011	#2432
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#3160
2015	#2945
2016	#3609
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#3218
2024	#5891

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 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: #1952 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Risha 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 Risha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
2010s	75	10 of 10	8
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Risha 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: #1952 in England and Wales in 2004.

Risha'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	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 #1,952, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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 →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births 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.

Next in the catalogue

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Rishabh · #1551, 26y

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.

Elkie · #1952, 27y
Nechama · #1952, 26y
Farris · #1953, 26y
Kartik · #1951, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Elkie · #1952, 27y
Nechama · #1952, 26y
Wasima · #1952, 10y
Farris · #1953, 26y

Risha 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 Risha without appearing here.

Risha moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #5707.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.
Kristy Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2150 and #3860.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Risha

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Luca Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Risha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Risha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Risha went from #3126 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #1952 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Risha

Risha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Risha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Risha appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Risha at a glance

Risha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Risha appears in

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Risha and the names beside it

Risha moved ahead of

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