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Mikhail

#1,884 in 2025Boys' name

Teddy bear, through Михаи́л

Mikhail has been given to 4,158 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #1,884 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 143 recorded.

Babies named Mikhail, 2025

1 in 39,500

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mikhail: meaning, origin, and history

Teddy bear, through Михаи́л

Hebrew and Russian

What Mikhail means

Mikhail belongs to the name family reached through Mikhail → Михаи́л. Its meaning is “teddy bear”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl, “Michael”), from Hebrew מיכאל. Doublet of Michael.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Mikhail (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Mikhail is used in English and Cebuano. Its origins include Hebrew and Russian.

Mikhail comes through Russian Михаи́л and Hebrew מיכאל.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Михаи́л and Michael.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,134 boys were recorded with the name Mikhail between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 143 in 2015; its best national rank was #952 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,552 in 2020 to #1,884 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,263 in 2015 to #1,884 in 2025.

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Mikhail between 1978 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1978; its best national rank was #8,221 in 1978.

How common is Mikhail?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,500
84 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 20,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,884
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,357 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mikhail 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mikhail. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mikhails were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mikhail was born before 2007 — so the typical Mikhail is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
65.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,134
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (1,223).

Is Mikhail 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
+30
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−332
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−621
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.59×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.7%
Peak was 2015 (143)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#952
1990

Spellings of Mikhail

Mikhail is not the most common spelling — Michael is, with 99.3% against Mikhail's 0.09%.

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 Mikhail is used

Across 2016–2025, Mikhail was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 19,760 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 7,143
  2. 2New York1 in 10,000
  3. 3Washington1 in 11,111
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 14,286
  5. 5California1 in 16,667
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 25,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 25,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 25,000

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.

Mikhail around the world

Where Mikhail 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
    1996–2025
    #1,406
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2013–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • France
    1978–2025
    #2,451
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #977
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1948–2013
    #754
    in 2013

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.

Notable people named Mikhail

People whose public names include Mikhail, 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.

Mikhail in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Mikhail. Linked forms have their own page here.

MikaMihaiMikkoMayconMichalMichelMiguelMihaelMikaelMikailMiquelMichaelMichailMicheleMichielMikhaelMitchelMykolasMykhailoMichasMichałMihkelMihályMixail

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Mikhail by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,884
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 332
Best rank ever
#952
1990
Peak year
2015
143 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,134
Count in 2025
84

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,221
1978
Peak year
1978
7 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
24
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Mikhail

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

MikailMikaelMikhaelMikealMikahMikalMikellIsmailMikkelMikaeelMikeyMikelMikolajMikkoMikaleMikaiMikaeleMikingMikaMikayelMikloMikoMikhaiSohail

Names with a curve like Mikhail

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

SamiHusseinBilalKentrellEderKeelanKeoniAvrohomNeelSaadDezmondEamon

Sibling names for Mikhail

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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