Mihaela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mihaela: Recorded since 2005, its highest recorded position is #689, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#689highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2009	#3031
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#4171
2013	#3536
2014	#2862
2015	#3252
2016	#3609
2017	#2502
2018	#2674
2019	#1703
2020	#1556
2021	#2341
2022	#2673
2023	#2063
2024	#3695

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 17 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2673 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2022
Highest recorded position: #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 2005–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mihaela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 17 ranked years and 146 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 2005.

Mihaela 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.

Mihaela'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	#5201 (2007)	#1556 (2020)	#3695 (2024)	17 of 18	146 (2007–2024)	19 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#689 (2005)	#905 (2022)	2 of 18	6 (2005–2022)	3 (2005)

Mihaela 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 Mihaela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	10	2 of 10	5
2010s	78	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Mihaela 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Mihaela'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #689, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, 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.

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.

Migle · #432, 17y
Miguel · #252, 58y
Mihai · #451, 21y
Mihail · #547, 16y

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.

Brieanna · #689, 15y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y
Raghad · #689, 21y
Riham · #689, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Raghad · #689, 21y
Riham · #689, 15y
Gray · #688, 21y
Renzo · #688, 19y

Mihaela was ranked #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Mihaela 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 Mihaela without appearing here.

Mihaela moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #5691.
Dianne Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5201 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3031 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Mihaela

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #2411.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #1628.
Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Mihaela

Kristin Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mihaela went from #5201 to #2063 while Kristin went from #1741 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mihaela went from #5201 to #2063 while Therese went from #2895 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 2007 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mihaela went from #5201 to #2063 while Tracey went from #2233 to #5687.
Tyler Compare
Between 2007 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Mihaela went from #5201 to #2341 while Tyler went from #706 to #5581.

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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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #689 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mihaela

Mihaela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mihaela across 2 official records

Mihaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mihaela appears in

Popularity data

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Mihaela at a glance

Mihaela across 2 official records

Mihaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mihaela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Mihaela

Mihaela and the names beside it

Mihaela moved ahead of

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