Sultana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sultana: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #1,434, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1434highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sultana's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

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	#1434
1997	#1543
1998	#2701
1999	#1675
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2017	#5765
2019	#5591
2021	#5581
2022	#3970
2024	#3318

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 14 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 #1434 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: #1434 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sultana 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 Sultana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

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

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

Sultana 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: #1434 in England and Wales in 1996.

Sultana'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	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 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,434, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 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.

Sully · #509, 16y
Sultan · #375, 29y
Sumaira · #1646, 26y
Sumaiya · #604, 29y

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.

Hasina · #1434, 19y
Lamaisah · #1436, 11y
Meila · #1436, 15y
Roel · #1431, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arifa · #1434, 29y
Hasina · #1434, 19y
Sammie · #1434, 22y
Tansy · #1434, 28y

Sultana 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 Sultana without appearing here.

Sultana moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Sultana

Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1675 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #499.
Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2701 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #1411.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Marilyn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1843.

Moved the opposite way to Sultana

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sultana

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sultana went from #1434 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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: #1434 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sultana

Sultana at a glance

What stands out in Sultana's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sultana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sultana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sultana and the names beside it

Sultana moved ahead of

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Sultana at a glance

What stands out in Sultana's record

Sultana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sultana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sultana and the names beside it

Sultana moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sultana

Moved the opposite way to Sultana

Moved the same way as Sultana