Misha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Misha: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #571, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#571highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#571
1997	#820
1998	#597
1999	#653
2000	#1033
2001	#1063
2002	#1066
2003	#1056
2004	#804
2005	#1045
2006	#869
2007	#836
2008	#753
2009	#689
2010	#830
2011	#721
2012	#812
2013	#766
2014	#1040
2015	#1204
2016	#1142
2017	#1258
2018	#1234
2019	#1119
2020	#1313
2021	#1692
2022	#1383
2023	#1325
2024	#1302

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1302 among girls 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 #571 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #571 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1302 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Misha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 943 births with the name.

Misha 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.

Misha'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 · Girls	#571 (1996)	#571 (1996)	#1302 (2024)	29 of 29	943 (1996–2024)	53 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#1821 (1998)	#1821 (1998)	#4001 (2022)	13 of 25	55 (1998–2022)	6 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#742 (2009)	#695 (2011)	#898 (2024)	6 of 16	23 (2009–2024)	5 (2011)

Misha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Misha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	150	4 of 10	38
2000s	310	10 of 10	31
2010sbusiest	370	10 of 10	37
2020s	113	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 37 births a year.

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

Misha 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: #571 in England and Wales in 1996.

Misha'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	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1383	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1119	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1142	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1204	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1040	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#766	51	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#812	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#721	53	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#830	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#689	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#753	46	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#869	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#804	34	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1066	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1033	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#653	37	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#597	43	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#820	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#571	43	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #571, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 13 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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Mischa · #286, 29y
Mishaal · #2341, 22y
Mishal · #1512, 24y

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.

Samia · #571, 29y
Tamika · #571, 26y
Soraya · #570, 29y
Elouise · #574, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fahmida · #571, 25y
Roshni · #571, 29y
Samia · #571, 29y
Sanjay · #571, 25y

Misha was ranked #571 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. 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.

Misha 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 Misha without appearing here.

Misha moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1325 and #2689.
Belinda Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1056 and #909 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #804 and #1715.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1313 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #2499.
Anita Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1383 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1325 and #2063.

Moved ahead of Misha

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2870 and #1168.
Isak Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #1440.
Arne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2960.
Tor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2960.

Moved the opposite way to Misha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Misha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misha went from #571 to #1302 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #571 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Misha

Misha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Misha across 3 official records

Misha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Misha appears in

Popularity data

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Misha across 3 official records

Misha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Misha appears in

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Misha and the names beside it

Misha moved ahead of

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