Tahira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Tahira: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,012 in 2004, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1012highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1434
1997	#1234
1998	#1122
1999	#1261
2000	#1389
2001	#1025
2002	#1928
2003	#1056
2004	#1012
2005	#1343
2006	#1087
2007	#1102
2008	#1247
2009	#1467
2010	#1332
2011	#1438
2012	#2215
2013	#1639
2014	#2659
2015	#1601
2016	#2367
2017	#1681
2018	#1788
2019	#1854
2020	#2843
2021	#2341
2022	#2888
2023	#2689
2024	#2411

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 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 #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: #1012 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tahira 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 Tahira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	198	10 of 10	20
2010s	162	10 of 10	16
2020s	47	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Tahira 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: #1012 in England and Wales in 2004.

Tahira'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	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	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1087	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1343	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1012	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1025	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,012, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

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 →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 200725 to 49 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.

Tahani · #1995, 22y
Tahir · #780, 29y
Tahlia · #32, 30y
Tahmid · #600, 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.

Bismah · #1012, 27y
Baylee · #1011, 29y
Rosie-Mae · #1013, 26y
Safwaan · #1011, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bismah · #1012, 27y
Baylee · #1011, 29y
Rosie-Mae · #1013, 26y
Safwaan · #1011, 29y

Tahira 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 Tahira without appearing here.

Tahira moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #5581.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2215 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2215 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1639 and #4739.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #4192.

Moved ahead of Tahira

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.
Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1025 and #1107 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #809.
Riley Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1025 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #822.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Tahira

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Tahira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tahira went from #1434 to #2411 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: #1012 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tahira

Tahira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tahira 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

Tahira and the names beside it

Tahira moved ahead of

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Tahira at a glance

Tahira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tahira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Tahira and the names beside it

Tahira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tahira

Moved the opposite way to Tahira

Moved the same way as Tahira