Mihai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mihai: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #451, and it stood at #520 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2857
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2009	#2837
2010	#2400
2011	#3300
2012	#2117
2013	#1539
2014	#1935
2015	#1236
2016	#1271
2017	#861
2018	#1132
2019	#1001
2020	#1051
2021	#1290
2022	#1224
2023	#1272
2024	#2671

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 Republic of Ireland in 8 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2671 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mihai appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 20 ranked years and 297 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2002.

Mihai 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.

Mihai'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	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#520 (2024)	8 of 23	29 (2002–2024)	6 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#2857 (2003)	#861 (2017)	#2671 (2024)	20 of 22	297 (2003–2024)	36 (2017)

Mihai 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 Mihai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010s	179	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Mihai 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Mihai'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 1 year 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.

Miguel · #252, 58y
Mihaela · #689, 18y
Mihail · #547, 16y
Mihir · #1248, 27y

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.

Alexey · #451, 17y
Alin · #451, 20y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Erwin · #451, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alexey · #451, 17y
Alin · #451, 20y
Ellie-Grace · #451, 21y
Erwin · #451, 17y

Mihai was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Mihai 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 Mihai without appearing here.

Mihai moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1236 and #4747.
Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1236 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1539 and #4685.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1935 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Mihai

Isak Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1517.
Matheo Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1363 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1517.
Braxton Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #2088.
Teddy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #623 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #713 and #237.

Moved the opposite way to Mihai

Garry Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mihai went from #2857 to #1272 while Garry went from #1771 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mihai went from #2857 to #1272 while Kelly went from #2470 to #3523.
Brent Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mihai went from #2857 to #1224 while Brent went from #1771 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2003 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mihai went from #2857 to #1224 while Ole went from #1771 to #4789.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mihai

Mihai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mihai across 2 official records

Mihai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mihai appears in

Popularity data

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Mihai at a glance

Mihai across 2 official records

Mihai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Mihai

Mihai and the names beside it

Mihai moved ahead of

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