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Michale

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Michale has been given to 3,618 babies in the U.S. since 1922. 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 1956, with 85 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Michale, 2024

1 in 371,000

Michale over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Michale over time

In 2024, Michale went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19222024

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.

Michale: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Michale means

Michale is a given name.

The naming story behind Michale

Wikidata records Michale as a given name. The entity identifier is Q62627953, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,274 boys were recorded with the name Michale between 1922 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 85 in 1956; its best national rank was #804 in 1954.

In the United States, 344 girls were recorded with the name Michale between 1942 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1978; its best national rank was #3,756 in 1959.

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.

How common is Michale?

Michale had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 371,000
9 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 191,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
257,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Michale 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 2024 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 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Michale. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Michales were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Michale was born before 1973 — so the typical Michale is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
22.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
3,109
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1970s — 22.4% of all recorded uses (733).

Is Michale 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 1956 (85)
Years since peak
69
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#804
1954

Spellings of Michale

Michale is not the most common spelling — Michael is, with 96.0% against Michale's 0.07%.

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.

Where Michale is used

Across 1910–2025, Michale was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 118,350 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 100,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Michale has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Michale around the world

Where Michale ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Ireland
    1964–1964
    #214
    in 1964
  • South Australia
    1945–1985
    #449
    in 1985

Popularity data from Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Michale

People whose public names include Michale, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Michale 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
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Best rank ever
#804
1954
Peak year
1956
85 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
3,274
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,756
1959
Peak year
1978
14 that year
First recorded
1942
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
344
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Michale

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

MicaiahMickaelMichalMickelMicheleMickyMichelMichelleMickaleMicahelMicaelMichialMickealMichielKendaleMichaMickMichoelMickeyCordaleMichailMichellPasqualeMiciah

Names with a curve like Michale

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Michale, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RenardTeranceKevanBrienReginalBrittDonellBrionJeffereyMickyGreggoryTimmothy

Sibling names for Michale

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

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