Michol

Girls' name

Form of Michal

Michol has been given to 65 babies in the U.S. since 1942. 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 1981, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Michol, 1981

1 in 231,000

Michol over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Michol: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Michal

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Michol means

Michol is a form of Michal.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Michol is used in Biblical Latin.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Michol is a form of Michal. Michal has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Michal.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 65 girls were recorded with the name Michol between 1942 and 1981. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1981; its best national rank was #4,003 in 1942.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Michol?

Michol had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1981, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1981: 1 in 231,000; 15 of 3,459,130 births
Among girls only: 1 in 111,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1981: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 159,847 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Michol sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1981 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 159,847 children born in 1981 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Michol. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Michols were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Michol was born before 1976 — so the typical Michol is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1940s; 30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1940s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Michol 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 1981 (15)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 72.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,003; 1942

Spellings of Michol

Michol is not the most common spelling — Michele is, with 66.2% against Michol's 0.02%.

Michele66.2%223,299
Nichole18.9%63,770
Michael6.5%21,880
Michell2.1%6,995
Michal1.2%4,031
Michel1.1%3,555
Nichol0.86%2,900
Nicol0.66%2,220

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.

Michol by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,003; 1942
Peak year: 1981; 15 that year
First recorded: 1942
Last recorded: 1981
All-time count: 65
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Michol

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

Michae Mickel Michie Michea Miche Micca Mickell Michiah Michaya Micaya Micahya Micayah Michia Achol Micahla Mickela Miciah Michah Micalah Michole Michi Micaila Micelle Mickia

Sibling names for Michol

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

Shamika Kandi Fawn Joi Jessi Jenelle Charissa Latrice

For a brother

Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Jamaal Wilfredo Antwan Donnell

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