Mikhail

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mikhail: Recorded since 1996, it reached #605 in 2013, and it stood at #655 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#605highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1761
1998	#1263
2000	#2501
2001	#2587
2002	#1190
2003	#1513
2004	#1160
2005	#1135
2006	#1168
2007	#1440
2008	#964
2009	#972
2010	#970
2011	#976
2012	#765
2013	#751
2014	#959
2015	#807
2016	#1157
2017	#1042
2018	#897
2019	#1001
2020	#944
2021	#907
2022	#1179
2023	#1108
2024	#1132

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1132 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 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 recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #605 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2013–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1132 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mikhail appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 636 births with the name.

Mikhail 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.

Mikhail'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	#1591 (1996)	#751 (2013)	#1132 (2024)	28 of 29	636 (1996–2024)	43 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#605 (2013)	#605 (2013)	#655 (2024)	2 of 12	8 (2013–2024)	4 (2013)

Mikhail 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 Mikhail in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	3 of 10	8
2000s	152	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	324	10 of 10	32
2020s	137	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

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

Mikhail 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Mikhail'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	#1132	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#897	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#807	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#751	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#964	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #605, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 17 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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Mikhael · #430, 19y
Mikie · #439, 9y
Mikkel · #28, 70y

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.

Armani · #605, 29y
Cailan · #605, 24y
Davy · #605, 29y
Kael · #605, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Armani · #605, 29y
Cailan · #605, 24y
Davy · #605, 29y
Kael · #605, 23y

Mikhail was ranked #605 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2013. 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.

Mikhail 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 Mikhail without appearing here.

Mikhail moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1440 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #964 and #3158.
Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #3225.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2587 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Mikhail

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1190 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1513 and #1092.
Theodor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #807 and #873 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1157 and #774.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #1110.
Hunter Compare
In 2008 they stood at #964 and #1085 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #972 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Mikhail

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #1591 to #944 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #1591 to #807 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #1591 to #807 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #1591 to #807 while Tayla went from #1458 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Mikhail

Arlo Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #2501 to #1132 and Arlo from #2142 to #15.
Kasper Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #2501 to #1132 and Kasper from #1889 to #529.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mikhail went from #2587 to #1132 and Harper from #2587 to #1402.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mikhail

Mikhail at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mikhail across 2 official records

Mikhail by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Mikhail at a glance

Mikhail across 2 official records

Mikhail by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mikhail and the names beside it

Mikhail moved ahead of

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