Boys' name · since 1944
Michail
Michail has 589 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 589
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
589 boys have been named Michail since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michail has been recorded 589 times among boys since 1944, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2019.
- #7,152 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 589 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michail ranks #7,152 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 589 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 589
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Michail's 589 recorded births place it above 84.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Michail's full recorded timeline at 1980, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Michail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2019
- Peak year (1971)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Michail by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (105 births, 18% of the file).
1970s was Michail's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Michail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 32
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s
1960s
85 births
- 1970s
1970s
105 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 105 births (18% of all-time use).
How Michail compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Michail's total volume
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What to do with Michail's data
- Michail's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (105 total births) through the 2010s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Michail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1944–2019 (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 Michail 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.