Mishal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mishal: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,512 in 2017, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1512highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2407
2002	#2868
2003	#2727
2004	#4598
2005	#3382
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#2022
2009	#2019
2010	#2589
2011	#2025
2012	#2969
2013	#1587
2014	#1628
2015	#1961
2016	#1920
2017	#1512
2018	#2187
2019	#1782
2020	#1773
2021	#1866
2022	#2325
2023	#3218
2024	#2253

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 24 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2407 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1512 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mishal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 268 births with the name.

Mishal across 2 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.

Mishal'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 · Girls	#2407 (1998)	#1512 (2017)	#2253 (2024)	24 of 27	268 (1998–2024)	21 (2017)
England and Wales · Boys	#4632 (2014)	#4632 (2014)	#4991 (2023)	2 of 10	6 (2014–2023)	3 (2014)

Mishal 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 Mishal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	1 of 10	6
2000s	56	8 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	145	10 of 10	15
2020s	61	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Mishal 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1512 in England and Wales in 2017.

Mishal'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,512, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Misha · #571, 29y
Mishaal · #2341, 22y
Mishika · #1672, 14y
Mishka · #1773, 21y

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.

Corby · #1513, 21y
Danilo · #1513, 24y
Shaylan · #1511, 23y
Tafari · #1511, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Corby · #1513, 21y
Danilo · #1513, 24y
Tafari · #1511, 26y
Rai · #1516, 22y

Mishal 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 Mishal without appearing here.

Mishal moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1587 and #5742.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1628 and #5691.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Mishal

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2407 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Mila Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2407 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #1442.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #1959.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #2063.

Moved the opposite way to Mishal

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mishal went from #1587 to #2253 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mishal went from #1587 to #2253 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Mishal

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mishal went from #4598 to #2253 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.

What's not yet available

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1512 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mishal

Mishal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mishal across 2 official records

Mishal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mishal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Mishal at a glance

Mishal across 2 official records

Mishal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mishal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mishal and the names beside it

Mishal moved ahead of

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