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How popular is the name Misbah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Misbahs are alive today.
Misbah (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2007, when 42 babies were given the name, the 774th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1998, with 36 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak.
The Misbah you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Misbahs born in England and Wales are between 20 and 32, and there are at least 720 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 Misbah - on average, only one in every 438 such rooms contains a Misbah.
How many babies are named Misbah each year?
Where does Misbah rank among girls' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Misbah most popular?
Misbah peaked in 2007, when 42 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Misbah?
At least 720 people named Misbah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Misbah?
Most living Misbahs are between 20 and 32; the most common age is about 19.
Is Misbah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.