Miceal

maleStatistical record

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

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

Miceal: Recorded since 1965, its highest recorded position is #159, and it stood at #404 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#159highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Miceal's record

Moved 117 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in Northern Ireland · 1999–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#277
2000	#277
2001	#218
2004	#235
2007	#315
2009	#262
2010	#303
2011	#311
2012	#273
2014	#346
2015	#415
2016	#358
2017	#363
2018	#365
2024	#404

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 47 years from 1965 to 2011.

In 2011: #311 among boys in Northern Ireland, #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #250 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
Highest recorded1965–2011
Highest recorded position: #159 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1965–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Miceal appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 111 births with the name.

Miceal 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.

Miceal'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	#250 (1965)	#159 (1966)	#730 (2011)	21 of 47	111 (1965–2011)	11 (1975)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#218 (2001)	#404 (2024)	15 of 26	63 (1999–2024)	6 (2009)

Miceal 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 Miceal in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	19	4 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	63	10 of 10	6
1980s	20	4 of 10	5
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Miceal 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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #159 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Miceal'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	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#273	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	10	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	3	High	Verified

Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1965 and 2024, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #159, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 34 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.

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Michael · #1, 81y

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.

Feargal · #159, 33y
Janusz · #160, 37y
Ayah · #162, 30y
Carole · #162, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Donncha · #159, 55y
Feargal · #159, 33y
Serena · #159, 61y
Eilis · #158, 59y

Miceal was ranked #159 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1966. 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.

Miceal 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 Miceal without appearing here.

Miceal moved ahead of

Ashley Compare
In 2008 they stood at #315 and #315 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #262 and #390.
Phillip Compare
In 2008 they stood at #218 and #192 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #262 and #390.
Justin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #415 and #342 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #358 and #421.
Graham Compare
In 2000 they stood at #277 and #224 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #218 and #280.

Moved ahead of Miceal

Beau Compare
In 2015 they stood at #346 and #398 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #358 and #232.
Brodie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #303 and #339 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #311 and #191.
Lukas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #235 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #315 and #199.
Muhammad Compare
In 2014 they stood at #273 and #311 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #314.

Moved the opposite way to Miceal

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 while Aaron went from #222 to #16.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 while Adam went from #157 to #7.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 while Alexander went from #115 to #49.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 while Benjamin went from #148 to #74.

Moved the same way as Miceal

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 and Adrian from #62 to #125.
Alan Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 and Alan from #27 to #75.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 and Alfred from #167 to #540.
Arthur Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Miceal went from #250 to #730 and Arthur from #91 to #170.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #159 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Miceal

Miceal at a glance

What stands out in Miceal's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Miceal across 2 official records

Miceal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Miceal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Miceal

Miceal and the names beside it

Miceal moved ahead of

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Moved the same way as Miceal

Miceal at a glance

What stands out in Miceal's record

Miceal across 2 official records

Miceal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Miceal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Miceal

Miceal and the names beside it

Miceal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Miceal

Moved the opposite way to Miceal

Moved the same way as Miceal