Wasima

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Wasima: Recorded since 1997, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #1,952 in 2004, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1952highest recorded position

What stands out in Wasima's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2004	#1952
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
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 10 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1952 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Wasima 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 Wasima in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

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 Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1952 in England and Wales in 2004.

Wasima'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
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,952, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 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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Wateen · #541, 9y

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.

Adhvik · #1951, 11y
Adonay · #1951, 14y
Dominion · #1951, 10y
Erioluwa · #1951, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Elkie · #1952, 28y
Nechama · #1952, 27y
Risha · #1952, 28y
Farris · #1953, 27y

What is known about Wasima

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1997–2024.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1952 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wasima

Wasima at a glance

What stands out in Wasima's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wasima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

What is known about Wasima

Wasima at a glance

What stands out in Wasima's record

Wasima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s