Misk

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Misk: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #736, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#736highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#3548
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#2499
2022	#3533
2023	#1288
2024	#952

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #952 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #3548 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2024–2025
Highest recorded position: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2024–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Misk appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2006, and has registered 118 births with the name.

Misk 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.

Misk'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	#3548 (2006)	#952 (2024)	#952 (2024)	13 of 19	118 (2006–2024)	37 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#736 (2024)	#736 (2024)	#885 (2025)	2 of 2	7 (2024–2025)	4 (2024)

Misk 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 Misk in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	5	1 of 10	5
2010s	29	7 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	84	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Misk 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 2006 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #736 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Misk'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	#952	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	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 2006 and 2025, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #736, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 18 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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Missy · #821, 26y

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.

Aavya · #736, 10y
Zaha · #736, 11y
Eiva · #734, 13y
Fausta · #734, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Addie · #736, 11y
Mehar · #736, 21y
Ava-May · #735, 18y
Areesha · #734, 24y

Misk was ranked #736 in Republic of Ireland · Girls 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.

Misk 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 Misk without appearing here.

Misk moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #952 and #5891.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #952 and #4843.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Misk

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Misk

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 while Abigail went from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 while Aisling went from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 while Alex went from #279 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Misk

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 and Ada from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 and Alma from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 and Amelia from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Misk went from #3548 to #952 and Aria from #1280 to #35.

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 2006 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #736 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Misk

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Misk across 2 official records

Misk by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Misk across 2 official records

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