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Mikhael

#2,704 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Michael

Mikhael has been given to 1,171 babies in the U.S. since 1963. In 2025 it ranked #2,704 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 65 recorded.

Babies named Mikhael, 2025

1 in 69,100

Mikhael over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mikhael: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Michael

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mikhael means

Mikhael is a alternate transcription of Michael.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Mikhael is a alternate transcription of Michael. Michael has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Michael.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,163 boys were recorded with the name Mikhael between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 65 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,161 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,161 in 2020 to #2,704 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,338 in 2015 to #2,704 in 2025.

In the United States, 8 girls were recorded with the name Mikhael between 1991 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1991; its best national rank was #9,922 in 1991.

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 Mikhael?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 69,100
48 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 35,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,704
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
47,874 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mikhael 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 47,874 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mikhael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mikhaels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mikhael was born before 2014 — so the typical Mikhael is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,163
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Choose a decade

2010s — 33.6% of all recorded uses (391).

Is Mikhael 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
+238
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−543
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−366
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.8%
Peak was 2020 (65)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,161
2020

Spellings of Mikhael

Mikhael is not the most common spelling — Michael is, with 98.6% against Mikhael's 0.03%.

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 Mikhael is used

Across 1910–2025, Mikhael was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 203,750 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6New Jersey1 in —
  7. 7New York1 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. Mikhael has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mikhael around the world

Where Mikhael 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
    2005–2025
    #1,798
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #430
    in 2024
  • France
    1969–2025
    #4,343
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #1,281
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1980–2009
    #708
    in 2009

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.

Mikhael by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,704
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 543
Best rank ever
#2,161
2020
Peak year
2020
65 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,163
Count in 2025
48

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,922
1991
Peak year
1991
8 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
8
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Mikhael

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

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Sibling names for Mikhael

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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