Michel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Michel: Recorded since 1968, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #243, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Michel's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2004

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2004	#4598

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 boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1968–1983
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1968–1983).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Michel appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 20 ranked years and 77 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1968.

Michel across 3 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.

Michel'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2023 (2007)	#4270 (2024)	20 of 29	77 (1996–2024)	9 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#243 (1968)	#243 (1968)	#330 (1983)	4 of 16	14 (1968–1983)	4 (1968)
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#4373 (2003)	#4598 (2004)	2 of 2	6 (2003–2004)	3 (2003)

Michel by decade in England and Wales · 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 Michel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	4 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	40	9 of 10	4
2010s	21	6 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Michel appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Michel'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	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1968 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

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.

Micheal · #86, 58y
Micheala · #275, 21y
Michela · #411, 20y
Michelangelo · #2960, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Thaddeus · #243, 29y
Islay · #244, 26y
Kaylem · #242, 28y
Kelley · #242, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Aedin · #243, 30y
Bruno · #243, 47y
Davis · #243, 31y
Ines · #243, 51y

Michel was ranked #243 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. 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.

Michel 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 Michel without appearing here.

Michel moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2578 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3589.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #3095.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4702 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3996 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Michel

Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.
Gunnar Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #3040.

Moved the opposite way to Michel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Michel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Michel went from #2863 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Michel

Michel at a glance

What stands out in Michel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Michel across 3 official records

Michel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Michel appears in

Popularity data

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Michel at a glance

What stands out in Michel's record

Michel across 3 official records

Michel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Michel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Michel

Michel and the names beside it

Michel moved ahead of

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