Recorded 1944–2019 Boys' name Peak 1971 589 births

Michail — boys' name

589 babies named Michail in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s321950s891960s851970s1051980s681990s882000s722010s50
1970s
Peak decade

18% of everyone ever named Michail was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

17 babies were named Michail in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Michail

The Social Security Administration has registered 589 babies named Michail between 1944 and 2019, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Michail currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michail performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Michail shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michail in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 589 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Michail at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

589

Since 1944

76 years of records

Peak year

1971

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1944

Recorded for 76 years

Last year on file: 2019

Michail popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1944

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1971)
17
Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
05101520 201920061997198719751966195519451944 5

Michail by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
105 births that decade — 18% of Michail's all-time total
1940s321950s891960s851970s1051980s681990s882000s722010s50

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Michail?
589 babies have been named Michail since 1944. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1971 with 17 births.
When was Michail most popular?
Michail was most popular in the 1970s decade with 105 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Michail been used?
Michail has been recorded in Social Security data since 1944, spanning 76 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Michail?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Michael, Micheal, Micah, Mickey, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1944–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.