Mihail

#10,332 in 2025Boys' name

Who is like God?

Mihail has been given to 187 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #10,332 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Mihail, 2025

1 in 474,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mihail: meaning, origin, and history

Who is like God?

Hebrew

What Mihail means

Mihail means “Who is like God?”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mihail is used in Romanian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Mihail comes through Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 187 boys were recorded with the name Mihail between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2010; its best national rank was #6,260 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,882 in 2020 to #10,332 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,484 in 2015 to #10,332 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mihail?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,332; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mihail 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 2025 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 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mihail. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mihails were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mihail was born before 2012 — so the typical Mihail is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 38.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 187; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 38.0% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Mihail 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: +229; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,450; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,848; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.78×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2010 (14)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,260; 2010

Spellings of Mihail

Mihail is not the most common spelling — Michael is, with 99.2% against Mihail's <0.01%.

Michael99.2%4,426,753
Misael0.23%10,395
Mikael0.13%5,939
Mikhail0.09%4,134
Michal0.08%3,782
Mikal0.07%3,334
Mihir0.03%1,486
Mikail0.03%1,228

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.

Mihail around the world

Where Mihail 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.

England & Wales
2007–2025
#2,133
in 2025
Ireland
2010–2017
#547
in 2017
France
1994–2025
#3,394
in 2025
Canada
2001–2023
#3,103
in 2023
South Australia
1959–2002
#606
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Mihail by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,332
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,450
Best rank ever: #6,260; 2010
Peak year: 2010; 14 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 187
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Mihail

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

Mihran Mihaan Mihailo Mihai Suhail Mihajlo Mihan Sohail Mihit Kentrail Makail Tyrail Mihir Mihcael Rohail Jamail Mikail Jasail Vail Ishmail Mihael Trail Mykail Latrail

Sibling names for Mihail

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

Abagail Rhianna Alysa Sydnie Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya Jazmyne

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Gavyn Jorden Jarod Keven

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