Missy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Missy: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #821 in 2004, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#821highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#1970
2000	#1594
2001	#1359
2002	#1245
2003	#1472
2004	#821
2005	#1295
2006	#1585
2007	#1502
2008	#1516
2009	#1171
2010	#1429
2011	#1545
2012	#1342
2013	#1177
2014	#2058
2015	#2705
2016	#2008
2017	#1995
2018	#1977
2019	#2643
2020	#2163
2021	#2201
2022	#2488
2023	#1469
2024	#2000

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 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #1970 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #821 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Missy 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 Missy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	1 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	182	10 of 10	18
2010s	166	10 of 10	17
2020s	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Missy 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #821 in England and Wales in 2004.

Missy'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1429	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1516	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#821	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	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 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #821, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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 →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,000position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 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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Missie · #2326, 14y
Misty · #1043, 29y
Mitch · #1241, 25y

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.

Asmaa · #821, 29y
Ebonie · #821, 29y
Sumayya · #821, 29y
Samiyah · #822, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Asmaa · #821, 29y
Ebonie · #821, 29y
Jasleen · #821, 29y
Sumayya · #821, 29y

Missy was ranked #821 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. 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.

Missy 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 Missy without appearing here.

Missy moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2705 and #2496 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2008 and #4763.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Missy

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #1240.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1171 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1429 and #773.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1995 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Missy

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Missy went from #1359 to #2000 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Missy went from #821 to #2000 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Missy went from #1177 to #2000 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Missy went from #1177 to #2000 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Missy

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Missy went from #1245 to #2000 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Missy went from #1245 to #2000 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #821 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Missy

Missy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Missy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Missy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Missy at a glance

Missy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Missy 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 Missy

Missy and the names beside it

Missy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Missy

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