Miguel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Miguel: Recorded since 1956, its highest recorded position is #252, and it stood at #348 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#252highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#809
1998	#689
1999	#718
2000	#673
2001	#576
2002	#869
2003	#653
2004	#625
2005	#628
2006	#596
2007	#651
2008	#589
2009	#795
2010	#645
2011	#681
2012	#666
2013	#508
2014	#574
2015	#601
2016	#732
2017	#537
2018	#549
2019	#616
2020	#488
2021	#610
2022	#620
2023	#494
2024	#576

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 47 of the 66 years from 1956 to 2021.

In 2024: #252 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #576 among boys in England and Wales, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1956–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #375 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1983–2025
Highest recorded position: #252 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 1983–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Miguel appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 305 births with the name.

Miguel across 3 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.

Miguel'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
Norway · Boys	#375 (1956)	#296 (1977)	#443 (2021)	47 of 66	305 (1956–2021)	15 (1977)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1983)	#252 (2024)	#348 (2025)	22 of 43	153 (1983–2025)	17 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#680 (1996)	#488 (2020)	#576 (2024)	29 of 29	1,399 (1996–2024)	80 (2023)

Miguel by decade in Norway · 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 Miguel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	16	3 of 10	5
1960s	28	6 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	68	8 of 10	9
1980s	51	7 of 10	7
1990s	43	6 of 10	7
2000s	37	7 of 10	5
2010s	53	8 of 10	7
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Miguel 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 4 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Miguel'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	#576	66	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#494	80	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#620	58	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#610	61	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#488	79	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#616	59	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#549	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#537	72	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#601	61	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#574	62	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#508	73	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#666	51	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#681	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#645	50	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#795	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#589	55	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#651	44	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#596	48	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#628	42	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#625	39	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#576	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#689	24	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#443	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#467	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#496	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#463	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#522	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#458	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#527	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#447	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#557	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#470	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#456	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#401	11	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#382	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#540	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#628	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#448	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#448	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#562	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#588	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#506	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#398	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#296	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#536	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#512	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#438	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#477	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#410	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#531	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#512	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#513	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#481	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#481	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#396	6	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#436	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#375	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	17	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1956 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #252, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 80 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 68 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.

Mieszko · #646, 14y
Migle · #432, 17y
Mihaela · #689, 18y
Mihai · #451, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Davina · #254, 53y
Cristian · #257, 55y
Cristina · #260, 62y
Marija · #243, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Esben · #251, 47y
Mahmoud · #251, 69y
Anne-Kristin · #255, 23y
Irmelin · #255, 52y

Miguel was ranked #252 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Miguel 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 Miguel without appearing here.

Miguel moved ahead of

Taylor Compare
In 2023 they stood at #496 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #252 and #785.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #869 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #653 and #1132.
Emil Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #319 and #770.
Marius Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #319 and #770.

Moved ahead of Miguel

Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #680 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #809 and #476.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #680 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #809 and #484.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #438 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #512 and #245.
Beau Compare
In 2014 they stood at #422 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #554 and #308.

Moved the opposite way to Miguel

Lukas Compare
Between 1977 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Miguel went from #296 to #443 while Lukas went from #615 to #27.
Ryan Compare
Between 1977 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Miguel went from #296 to #443 while Ryan went from #626 to #298.

Moved the same way as Miguel

Dag Compare
Between 1956 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Miguel went from #375 to #526 and Dag from #30 to #509.
Kim Compare
Between 1956 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Miguel went from #375 to #526 and Kim from #201 to #331.
Roman Compare
Between 1956 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Miguel went from #375 to #526 and Roman from #244 to #530.
Terje Compare
Between 1956 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Miguel went from #375 to #526 and Terje from #7 to #534.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Miguel

Miguel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Miguel across 3 official records

Miguel by decade in Norway · Boys

Miguel appears in

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Miguel across 3 official records

Miguel by decade in Norway · Boys

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