Boys' name · since 1970
Mcihael
Mcihael has 98 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 98
- total births
- 1970–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
Mcihael is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 98 have been recorded since 1970.
Mcihael has 98 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1992.
- 98 total births
- 1970–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mcihael's 98 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mcihael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mcihael's full recorded timeline at 1984, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mcihael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1992
- Peak year (1982)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Mcihael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Mcihael's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Mcihael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 64 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Mcihael's decade-level peak was the 1980s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1970–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mcihael: Baby Name Since 1970 - 98 Births, Peak 1982." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mcihael. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mcihael 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 July 2026.