Zamzam

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zamzam: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #2,407, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2407highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2407
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#2727
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#5061
2007	#3218
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2010	#2843
2011	#2893
2012	#4171
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#3252
2016	#2966
2017	#3583
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#3192
2022	#3148
2024	#4843

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 24 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2407 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2407 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Zamzam 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 Zamzam in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	52	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	59	9 of 10	7
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Zamzam 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2407 in England and Wales in 1998.

Zamzam'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,407, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 4 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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.

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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.

Derya · #2407, 20y
Sofi · #2407, 19y
Elivia · #2410, 23y
Pebbles · #2410, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adila · #2407, 16y
Antigone · #2407, 18y
Bryana · #2407, 11y
Christelle · #2407, 17y

Zamzam 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 Zamzam without appearing here.

Zamzam moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2966 and #5785.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Zamzam

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3015.
Dylan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2682 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #3548.

Moved the opposite way to Zamzam

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Zamzam

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zamzam went from #2407 to #4843 and Alex from #179 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2407 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zamzam

Zamzam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zamzam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zamzam appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zamzam and the names beside it

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Zamzam at a glance

Zamzam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Zamzam appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zamzam and the names beside it

Zamzam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zamzam

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