Michela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Michela: Recorded since 1994, its highest recorded position is #411, and it stood at #4,645 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#411highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1666
1998	#1480
1999	#3225
2000	#1688
2001	#3998
2002	#1928
2003	#3099
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2012	#4838
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2022	#4645

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 girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 1998: #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1480 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1994–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #411 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1994–1998
Highest recorded position: #411 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1994 (recorded 1994–1998).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4645 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Michela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 19 ranked years and 97 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1994.

Michela 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.

Michela'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	#2350 (1996)	#1480 (1998)	#4645 (2022)	19 of 27	97 (1996–2022)	12 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#411 (1994)	#411 (1994)	#498 (1998)	3 of 5	13 (1994–1998)	5 (1994)

Michela 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 Michela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	41	8 of 10	5
2010s	17	5 of 10	3
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Michela 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 1994 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #411 in Republic of Ireland in 1994.

Michela'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	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 1994 and 2022, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #411, first reached in 1994.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 2 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,645position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
12births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 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.

Micheala · #275, 21y
Michel · #243, 24y
Michelangelo · #2960, 11y
Michele · #44, 70y

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.

Neriah · #411, 21y
Aadhya · #412, 15y
Abiola · #409, 18y
Collins · #409, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hari · #411, 29y
Neha · #411, 29y
Ainsley · #410, 27y
Amani · #410, 29y

Michela was ranked #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1994. 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.

Michela 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 Michela without appearing here.

Michela moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Michela

Teddy Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1928 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2496.
Linnea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3099 and #3594 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2084.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Luca Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Michela

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 while Amalie went from #2096 to #940.

Moved the same way as Michela

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 and Aisling from #440 to #1621.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michela went from #2350 to #4645 and Alex from #161 to #2178.

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 1994 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #411 in Republic of Ireland in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Michela

Michela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Michela across 2 official records

Michela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Michela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Michela and the names beside it

Michela moved ahead of

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Michela at a glance

Michela across 2 official records

Michela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Michela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Michela

Michela and the names beside it

Michela moved ahead of

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