Mika'il

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mika'il: Recorded since 2004, it reached #1,448 in 2021, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#1448highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3009
2005	#3208
2007	#4333
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#3332
2011	#2194
2012	#2458
2013	#1462
2014	#2079
2015	#3908
2016	#3079
2017	#3996
2018	#3412
2019	#2266
2020	#1548
2021	#1448
2022	#1879
2023	#2546
2024	#2921

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 England and Wales in 20 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #1448 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mika'il 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 Mika'il in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	18	5 of 10	4
2010s	76	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, 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 →

Mika'il appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1448 in England and Wales in 2021.

Mika'il'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,448, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 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.

Mija · #752, 18y
Mika · #238, 33y
Mikaeel · #416, 25y
Mikael · #78, 67y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ani · #1449, 23y
Hargun · #1449, 18y
Harnoor · #1449, 17y
Annastasia · #1450, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Ani · #1449, 23y
Eva-Maria · #1449, 13y
Hargun · #1449, 18y
Harnoor · #1449, 17y

Mika'il 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 Mika'il without appearing here.

Mika'il moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1462 and #4685.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1548 and #4608.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #4647.
Daithi Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2266 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Mika'il

Henrik Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1314.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1609.

Moved the opposite way to Mika'il

Brooke Compare
Between 2004 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Mika'il went from #3009 to #1548 while Brooke went from #938 to #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1448 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mika'il

Mika'il at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mika'il by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mika'il appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Mika'il and the names beside it

Mika'il moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mika'il

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Mika'il at a glance

Mika'il by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mika'il appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Mika'il and the names beside it

Mika'il moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mika'il

Moved the opposite way to Mika'il