Boys' name · since 1972
Micheil
Micheil has 61 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,792 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 61
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Micheil sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 61 recorded since 1972.
Micheil has 61 recorded births among boys since 1972, 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 1972 to 1993.
- #20,792 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 61 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Micheil ranks #20,792 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 61 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,792 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 61
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Micheil's 61 recorded births place it above 54.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Micheil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Micheil's full recorded timeline at 1984, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Micheil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1993
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Micheil by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (36 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Micheil's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Micheil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Micheil's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 1990s (12) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Micheil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1972–1993 (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 Micheil 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.