Boys' name · since 2003
Makhail
Makhail has 39 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,920 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
39 boys have been named Makhail since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Makhail has 39 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2019.
- #23,920 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 39 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Makhail ranks #23,920 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,920 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 39
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Makhail's 39 recorded births place it above 47.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Makhail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Makhail's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Makhail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2019
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Makhail by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Makhail's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Makhail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Makhail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Makhail draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.