Macheal
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Macheal has been given to 49 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1974, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.
Babies named Macheal, 1974
1 in 434,000
Macheal over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Macheal over time
In 1979, Macheal went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Macheal?
Macheal had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1974, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1974
- 1 in 434,000
- 7 of 3,039,803 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 225,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1974
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 301,006 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Macheal sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1974 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 301,006 children born in 1974 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Macheal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Macheals were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Macheal was born before 1969 — so the typical Macheal is around 56 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 63.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 33
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 63.6% of all recorded uses (21).
Is Macheal rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1974 (7)
- Years since peak
- 51
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Very steady
- 0% average annual change
Spellings of Macheal
Macheal is not the most common spelling — Micheal is, with 87.3% against Macheal's 0.02%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Macheal by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Macheal
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Macheal
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.