Micheal

maleIrish, from Hebrew via Michael

The unaccented catalogue spelling of the Irish name Mícheál, itself the Irish form of Michael, sharing Michael's Hebrew root elements mi + ke + ʾel ('who is like God').

Origin: Irish, from Hebrew via Michael

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #86 in New South Wales, Australia in 1975. See regions.

Micheal: Recorded since 1965, it reached #86 in 1975, and it stood at #2,133 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
127times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#86highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

MY-kul/ˈmaɪ.kəl/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

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Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

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Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

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Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

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Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Irish, from Hebrew via Michael
Meaning: The unaccented catalogue spelling of the Irish name Mícheál, itself the Irish form of Michael, sharing Michael's Hebrew root elements mi + ke + ʾel ('who is like God').
Pronunciation: MY-kul
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Irish, from Hebrew via Michael

Popularity

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#809
1998	#1263
1999	#1505
2000	#1330
2001	#983
2002	#805
2003	#1326
2004	#1110
2005	#1377
2006	#1048
2007	#1201
2008	#1511
2009	#1302
2010	#1241
2011	#1600
2012	#1507
2013	#1339
2014	#1178
2015	#2150
2016	#1903
2017	#1923
2018	#2112
2019	#3937
2020	#2404
2021	#2301
2022	#1879
2023	#1799
2024	#1951
2025	#2133

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 56 of the 59 years from 1965 to 2023.

In 2024: #144 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1951 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2133 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Micheal appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 56 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 2,114 births with the name.

Micheal across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Micheal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#222 (1965)	#91 (1989)	#660 (2023)	56 of 59	2,114 (1965–2023)	71 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#680 (1996)	#2133 (2025)	30 of 30	427 (1996–2025)	23 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#143 (1997)	#104 (1998)	#144 (2024)	28 of 28	457 (1997–2024)	25 (2011)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (1966)	#86 (1975)	#98 (1984)	12 of 19	881 (1966–1984)	87 (1971)

Micheal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Micheal in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	20	3 of 10	7
1970s	227	10 of 10	23
1980sbusiest	542	10 of 10	54
1990s	462	10 of 10	46
2000s	431	10 of 10	43
2010s	419	10 of 10	42
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 54 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2017 and 2018, when recorded births fell by 43, from 53 to 10.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Micheal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #86, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 87 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1971.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Micheal was ranked #86 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Graham#82
Alan#83
Shaun#84
Edward#85
Neil#87
Warren#88
Trevor#89
Corey#90

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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Michal · #58, 64y
Michalina · #309, 20y
Micheala · #275, 21y
Michel · #243, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, 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.

Adele · #84, 61y
Ted · #90, 55y
Erica · #81, 59y
Leona · #91, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Niklas · #86, 57y
Anastasia · #87, 62y
Antoinette · #87, 56y
Chris · #87, 59y

Micheal 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Micheal without appearing here.

Micheal moved ahead of

Graham
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Geoffrey
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4107.
Barry
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.
Grant
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Micheal

Rune
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Malin
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Conan
In 2014 they stood at #1178 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #996.
Tadhg
In 2014 they stood at #1178 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #996.

Moved the opposite way to Micheal

Aaron
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 while Aaron went from #222 to #51.
Adam
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 while Adam went from #157 to #23.
Alexander
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 while Alexander went from #115 to #48.
Benjamin
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 while Benjamin went from #148 to #71.

Moved the same way as Micheal

Adrian
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 and Adrian from #62 to #268.
Alfred
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 and Alfred from #167 to #472.
Denis
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 and Denis from #24 to #224.
Edward
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Micheal went from #222 to #660 and Edward from #17 to #177.

Meaning & Origin

The unaccented catalogue spelling of the Irish name Mícheál, itself the Irish form of Michael, sharing Michael's Hebrew root elements mi + ke + ʾel ('who is like God').

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Irish, from Hebrew via Michael

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Micheal is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Micheal, between 1965 and 2025, in 59 of those 61 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1965–2023	56	#91 in 1989
New South Wales, Australia	1966–1984	12	#86 in 1975
New Zealand	1982	1	#99 in 1982
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#680 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#104 in 1998

Its high point came 23 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1975) than in Northern Ireland (1998).

Variants

Mícheál · spelling

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: Mícheál.

Pronunciation

MY-kul/ˈmaɪ.kəl/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Micheal Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Micheal in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandRepublic of IrelandNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Micheal

Micheal at a glance

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Micheal across 4 official records

Micheal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Micheal appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Micheal

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Micheal and the names beside it

Micheal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Micheal

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Meaning & Origin

Where Micheal is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Micheal Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Micheal at a glance

Micheal across 4 official records

Micheal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Micheal appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Micheal

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Micheal and the names beside it

Micheal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Micheal

Moved the opposite way to Micheal

Moved the same way as Micheal