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How popular is the name Maisha?

Births per year, rank history and how many Maishas are alive today.

Maisha (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2138th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. The name peaked in 2003, when 57 babies were given the name, the 538th most popular that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 23% of its peak.

The Maisha you are most likely to meet is around 24 years old. Half of all Maishas born in England and Wales are between 16 and 28, and there are at least 1,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Maisha - on average, only one in every 287 such rooms contains a Maisha.

How many babies are named Maisha each year?

0204060200020201996: 331997: 221998: 421999: 422000: 402001: 512002: 562003: 572004: 432005: 512006: 532007: 502008: 322009: 452010: 302011: 282012: 322013: 172014: 252015: 152016: 252017: 262018: 132019: 142020: 142021: 102022: 182023: 172024: 222025: 13actual

Where does Maisha rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 7031997: ranked 9461998: ranked 6071999: ranked 6152000: ranked 6372001: ranked 5502002: ranked 5322003: ranked 5382004: ranked 6762005: ranked 6152006: ranked 6222007: ranked 6832008: ranked 9722009: ranked 7832010: ranked 1,0932011: ranked 1,1682012: ranked 1,0752013: ranked 1,7072014: ranked 1,2992015: ranked 1,8652016: ranked 1,3272017: ranked 1,2962018: ranked 2,0902019: ranked 1,9402020: ranked 1,9392021: ranked 2,4992022: ranked 1,6212023: ranked 1,7052024: ranked 1,4492025: ranked 2,138

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Maisha per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 57 in 2003
Maisha: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Maisha most popular?

Maisha peaked in 2003, when 57 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Maisha?

At least 1,100 people named Maisha born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Maisha?

Most living Maishas are between 16 and 28; the most common age is about 24.

Is Maisha becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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