Mikel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mikel: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #1,119 in 2012, and it stood at #2,269 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1119highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2001	#2220
2002	#3225
2003	#2189
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#1401
2007	#1578
2008	#1294
2009	#1218
2010	#1483
2011	#1522
2012	#1119
2013	#1247
2014	#1281
2015	#1442
2016	#1704
2017	#1812
2018	#1455
2019	#1506
2020	#1635
2021	#1595
2022	#1534
2023	#2325
2024	#1517
2025	#2269

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 every year from 1999 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2425 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2025
Highest recorded position: #1119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1999–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2269 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Mikel 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 Mikel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	95	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2020s	81	6 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Mikel 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 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1119 in England and Wales in 2012.

Mikel'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	#2269	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1635	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1247	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	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 1999 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,119, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,269position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
24births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 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.

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Mike · #263, 51y
Mikey · #169, 30y
Mikhael · #430, 20y

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.

Charlie-James · #1119, 22y
Iliana · #1119, 24y
Kerem · #1121, 30y
Maizy · #1117, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Taylor-James · #1119, 17y
Kerem · #1121, 30y
Maizy · #1117, 22y
Yoel · #1117, 30y

Mikel 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 Mikel without appearing here.

Mikel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #4270.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #4052.
Arne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Mikel

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1878 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1190.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Mikel

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikel went from #1401 to #2269 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1798.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikel went from #1578 to #2269 while Matheo went from #4333 to #2014.
Kim Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikel went from #2425 to #1442 while Kim went from #2943 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1999 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikel went from #2425 to #1442 while Tayla went from #2943 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #1119 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mikel

Mikel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mikel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mikel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mikel and the names beside it

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Mikel at a glance

Mikel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mikel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mikel and the names beside it

Mikel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mikel

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