Mikey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mikey: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #169, and it stood at #170 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
63times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#169highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#573
1997	#809
1998	#850
1999	#869
2000	#673
2001	#751
2002	#869
2003	#441
2004	#454
2005	#461
2006	#396
2007	#325
2008	#387
2009	#385
2010	#332
2011	#381
2012	#478
2013	#402
2014	#457
2015	#450
2016	#580
2017	#537
2018	#584
2019	#642
2020	#755
2021	#751
2022	#731
2023	#874
2024	#880

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #169 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #404 among boys in Scotland, #880 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #573 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #169 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2001–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #170 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Mikey appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,779 births with the name.

Mikey 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.

Mikey'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 · Boys	#573 (1996)	#325 (2007)	#880 (2024)	29 of 29	1,779 (1996–2024)	131 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#169 (2024)	#170 (2025)	25 of 25	396 (2001–2025)	30 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#303 (2010)	#374 (2021)	8 of 15	30 (2007–2021)	5 (2010)

Mikey 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 Mikey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	84	4 of 10	21
2000s	646	10 of 10	65
2010sbusiest	845	10 of 10	85
2020s	204	5 of 10	41

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 85 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 37, from 20 to 57.

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

Mikey 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #169 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Mikey'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	#880	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#874	36	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#731	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#751	45	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#755	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#642	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#584	63	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#537	72	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#580	63	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#450	90	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#457	86	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#402	101	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#478	80	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#381	104	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#332	131	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#385	101	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#387	97	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#325	115	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#396	86	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#461	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#454	59	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#441	57	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#673	27	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#573	29	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	29	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	30	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	15	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	28	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	20	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	20	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#259	19	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#309	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	22	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#343	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#404	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #169, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 131 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 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.

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Mikel · #1119, 26y
Mikhael · #430, 19y
Mikhail · #605, 28y

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.

Stevie · #169, 30y
Alexia · #170, 30y
Allie · #168, 30y
Sidney · #168, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Stevie · #169, 30y
Abbi · #170, 23y
Alexia · #170, 30y
Allie · #168, 30y

Mikey was ranked #169 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Mikey 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 Mikey without appearing here.

Mikey moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #869 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #441 and #1132.
Barry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #869 and #824 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #441 and #912.
Mathias Compare
In 2007 they stood at #409 and #409 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #231 and #698.
Garry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #869 and #750 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #673 and #1048.

Moved ahead of Mikey

Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #573 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #809 and #476.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #573 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #809 and #484.
Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #755 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #751 and #433.
Jude Compare
In 1996 they stood at #573 and #654 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #809 and #505.

Moved the opposite way to Mikey

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Mikey

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikey went from #573 to #880 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #169 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mikey

Mikey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mikey across 3 official records

Mikey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mikey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mikey and the names beside it

Mikey moved ahead of

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Mikey at a glance

Mikey across 3 official records

Mikey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Mikey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mikey

Mikey and the names beside it

Mikey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mikey

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