Mickey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mickey: Recorded since 1996, it reached #741 in 2020, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#741highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1761
1998	#2074
2000	#3036
2001	#1595
2002	#1651
2003	#1513
2004	#1160
2005	#1456
2006	#1016
2007	#1666
2008	#1343
2009	#1494
2010	#1724
2011	#1251
2012	#1367
2013	#1796
2014	#1117
2015	#1074
2016	#1498
2017	#1470
2018	#1324
2019	#1587
2020	#2076
2021	#1595
2022	#2165
2023	#4991
2024	#1595

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2076 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mickey 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 Mickey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	3 of 10	7
2000s	124	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	181	10 of 10	18
2020s	54	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Mickey 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #741 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Mickey'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1074	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #741, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 24 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.

Michelle · #1, 74y
Mick · #509, 13y
Micky · #1222, 29y
Mie · #29, 45y

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.

Cobie · #741, 27y
Petar · #741, 24y
Darya · #742, 26y
Ilana · #742, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cobie · #741, 27y
Petar · #741, 24y
Darya · #742, 26y
Efa · #742, 26y

Mickey was ranked #741 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Mickey 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 Mickey without appearing here.

Mickey moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Mickey

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #967.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #924.

Moved the opposite way to Mickey

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mickey went from #1016 to #1595 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Mickey

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mickey went from #1235 to #4991 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mickey went from #1235 to #4991 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mickey went from #1235 to #4991 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mickey went from #1235 to #2165 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #741 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mickey

Mickey at a glance

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Popularity journey

Mickey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mickey at a glance

Mickey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mickey moved ahead of

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