Mike

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mike: Recorded since 1962, it reached #263 in 1991, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#263highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1454
1998	#1485
1999	#1850
2001	#3134
2002	#1411
2003	#1326
2004	#1498
2005	#1246
2006	#1280
2007	#1361
2008	#1511
2009	#1494
2010	#1911
2011	#2194
2012	#1367
2013	#1617
2014	#1370
2015	#1327
2016	#1804
2017	#1703
2018	#1324
2019	#2266
2020	#1273
2021	#2730
2022	#1879
2023	#2325
2024	#2088
2025	#2664

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 Norway in 34 of the 62 years from 1962 to 2023.

In 2025: #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2664 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1962–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #392 among boys in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1991–2025
Highest recorded position: #263 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1991 (recorded 1991–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2664 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Mike appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1962, and has registered 220 births with the name.

Mike 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.

Mike'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	#392 (1962)	#338 (1991)	#476 (2023)	34 of 62	220 (1962–2023)	13 (1991)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#263 (1991)	#263 (1991)	#676 (2025)	26 of 35	139 (1991–2025)	9 (2020)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1235 (1996)	#2664 (2025)	29 of 30	356 (1996–2025)	20 (2020)

Mike 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 Mike in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	32	5 of 10	6
1970s	32	5 of 10	6
1980s	40	6 of 10	7
1990sbusiest	60	8 of 10	8
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	22	3 of 10	7
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mike 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 1962 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #263 in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Mike'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#2664	8	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#476	5	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#444	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#343	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#437	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#533	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#565	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#553	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#449	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#519	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#525	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#522	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#461	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#338	13	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#435	9	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#470	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#504	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#594	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#544	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#444	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#620	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#468	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#416	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#562	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#367	10	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#540	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#392	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified

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

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

Where Mike is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Mike, between 1962 and 2025, in 51 of those 64 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1962–2023	34	#338 in 1991
Republic of Ireland	1991–2025	26	#263 in 1991
England and Wales	1996–2025	29	#1235 in 1996
Northern Ireland	2016	1	#421 in 2016

Its high point came 25 years earlier in Norway (1991) than in Northern Ireland (2016).

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1963; it appears again in 1967.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1962 and 2025, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #263, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1991, and 54 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.

Mikal · #166, 69y
Mikayla · #42, 32y
Mikel · #1119, 27y
Mikey · #169, 30y

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.

Imran · #263, 50y
Selena · #267, 50y
Cristian · #257, 56y
Davina · #254, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Trudy · #263, 51y
Bernadine · #262, 19y
Blanaid · #262, 19y
Cathleen · #262, 23y

Mike was ranked #263 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1991. 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.

Aodhan#263
Caolan#263
Cory#263
Domhnall#263
Albert#288
Aran#288
Arran#288
Augustine#288

Mike 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mike without appearing here.

Mike moved ahead of

Graham
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Glenn
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Barry
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.
Grant
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Mike

Lars
In 2020 they stood at #1273 and #1723 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #1391.
Arlo
In 2000 they stood at #1850 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Aksel
In 2020 they stood at #1273 and #1314 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #1688.
Matheo
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Mike

Alex
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 while Alex went from #148 to #37.
Alexander
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 while Alexander went from #113 to #55.
Ben
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 while Ben went from #105 to #40.
Callum
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 while Callum went from #230 to #49.

Moved the same way as Mike

Frode
Between 1962 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Mike went from #392 to #565 and Frode from #24 to #551.
Adrian
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 and Adrian from #73 to #348.
Denis
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 and Denis from #68 to #232.
Edward
Between 1991 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Mike went from #263 to #676 and Edward from #61 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1962 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #263 in Republic of Ireland in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mike

Mike at a glance

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Popularity journey

Mike across 3 official records

Mike by decade in Norway · Boys

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