Yalda

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Yalda: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,392 in 2010, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2392highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3409
2004	#4598
2006	#2781
2007	#2895
2008	#3005
2010	#2392
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2015	#3615
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

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 17 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3409 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2392 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Yalda 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 Yalda in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	28	5 of 10	6
2010s	40	8 of 10	5
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Yalda 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2392 in England and Wales in 2010.

Yalda'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,392, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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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.

Lilliah · #2392, 13y
Renad · #2392, 18y
Saria · #2392, 17y
Wareesha · #2392, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Lilliah · #2392, 13y
Renad · #2392, 18y
Wareesha · #2392, 19y
Caeleb · #2390, 10y

Yalda 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 Yalda without appearing here.

Yalda moved ahead of

Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #5765.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Yalda

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3005 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2895 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4056.

Moved the opposite way to Yalda

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yalda went from #2895 to #4192 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yalda went from #2392 to #4192 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Yalda

Kristin Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Yalda went from #3409 to #5687 and Kristin from #2868 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Yalda went from #3409 to #5687 and Tracey from #1530 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yalda went from #2895 to #4192 and Hayden from #1741 to #5891.
Kristy Compare
Between 2002 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Yalda went from #3409 to #5666 and Kristy from #2301 to #5666.

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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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2392 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yalda

Yalda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yalda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Yalda at a glance

Yalda by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yalda and the names beside it

Yalda moved ahead of

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