Mich

Boys' name

Who is like God?, through Michelle

Mich has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1956. 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 1960, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Mich, 1994

1 in 743,000

Mich over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mich: meaning, origin, and history

Who is like God?, through Michelle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mich means

Mich belongs to the name family reached through Mich → Michelle. Its meaning is “who is like God?”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mich is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Michelle.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Mich between 1956 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1960; its best national rank was #3,546 in 1960.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Mich?

Mich had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994: 1 in 743,000; 5 of 3,715,972 births
Among boys only: 1 in 386,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1994: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 515,144 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mich sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 515,144 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mich. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Michs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mich was born before 1960 — so the typical Mich is around 65 today.

Median birth year: 1960; About 65 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 22.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Mich 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1960 (7)
Years since peak: 65; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,546; 1960

Spellings of Mich

Mich is not the most common spelling — Mike is, with 29.9% against Mich's <0.01%.

Mike29.9%205,861
Micah17.3%119,571
Rick11.9%81,829
Nick7.3%50,457
Milo6.4%43,847
Mack6.2%42,720
Dick4.2%29,273
Nico3.1%21,294

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.

Mich by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,546; 1960
Peak year: 1960; 7 that year
First recorded: 1956
Last recorded: 1994
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mich

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mico Mic Micki Micaias Mican Micco Micahi Michi Michon Mictlan Micale Miccah Micaih Michaee Micai Michle Mica Mickal Mickale Michie Miciah Michio Mickiel Michaele

Sibling names for Mich

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jannette Joellen Venita Gaye Teressa Renita Jeanetta Antionette

For a brother

Lindsay Rod Curtiss Dino Bernie Barton Randell Russ

Explore around Mich

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