Zulaikha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zulaikha: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,439 in 2001, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1439highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#2189
2000	#1594
2001	#1439
2002	#1658
2003	#2436
2004	#1459
2005	#1796
2006	#2320
2007	#1656
2008	#2150
2009	#2326
2010	#2235
2011	#3185
2012	#5876
2013	#1864
2014	#1966
2015	#4103
2016	#2367
2017	#1995
2018	#2674
2019	#2458
2020	#2615
2021	#2341
2022	#2325
2023	#3598
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

RisingEngland 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 #3126 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: #1439 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (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

Zulaikha 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 Zulaikha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2010s	99	10 of 10	10
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Zulaikha 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: #1439 in England and Wales in 2001.

Zulaikha'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	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,439, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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
15births 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

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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.

Aamirah · #1439, 29y
Devika · #1439, 26y
Dimitrios · #1439, 27y
Ece · #1439, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aamirah · #1439, 29y
Devika · #1439, 26y
Dimitrios · #1439, 27y
Ece · #1439, 24y

Zulaikha 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 Zulaikha without appearing here.

Zulaikha moved ahead of

Kari Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #5742.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #5742.
Tracey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1864 and #5742.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1995 and #5765.

Moved ahead of Zulaikha

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #1240.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Zulaikha

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zulaikha went from #1439 to #2411 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zulaikha went from #1459 to #2411 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Zulaikha

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Zulaikha went from #1697 to #3598 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zulaikha went from #1594 to #2411 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Zulaikha went from #1658 to #2411 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Zulaikha went from #3126 to #5876 and Vicki from #848 to #5876.

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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: #1439 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zulaikha

Zulaikha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zulaikha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Zulaikha at a glance

Zulaikha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Zulaikha and the names beside it

Zulaikha moved ahead of

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