Misty

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Misty: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,043 in 2004, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1043highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3174
1998	#2165
1999	#1675
2000	#1688
2001	#1439
2002	#1928
2003	#1083
2004	#1043
2005	#1690
2006	#1660
2007	#1854
2008	#1815
2009	#1526
2010	#2392
2011	#1903
2012	#3285
2013	#3160
2014	#2464
2015	#2705
2016	#3214
2017	#1911
2018	#2901
2019	#2040
2020	#2042
2021	#1962
2022	#2673
2023	#2346
2024	#1894

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1043 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Misty 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 Misty in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2010s	100	10 of 10	10
2020s	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Misty 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1043 in England and Wales in 2004.

Misty'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,043, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,894position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 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.

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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.

Asya · #1044, 28y
Raeesa · #1045, 28y
Sehar · #1045, 29y
Burak · #1040, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Asya · #1044, 28y
Raeesa · #1045, 28y
Sehar · #1045, 29y
Burak · #1040, 29y

Misty 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 Misty without appearing here.

Misty moved ahead of

Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #5691.
Lorraine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1911 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Misty

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1903 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Misty

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misty went from #1043 to #1894 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Misty

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misty went from #3174 to #1894 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misty went from #3174 to #1894 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Misty went from #2096 to #3285 and Vicki from #848 to #5876.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misty went from #3160 to #1894 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1043 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Misty by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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