Girls' name · since 1942
Michol
65 babies named Michol in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Michol is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 65 have been recorded since 1942.
Michol has 65 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1981.
- #31,982 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1942
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michol ranks #31,982 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1942, peaking in the 1940s.
- #31,982 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Michol's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Michol's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Michol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Michol by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (20 births, 31% of the file).
1940s was Michol's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Michol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 20 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Michol's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 1980s (20) -- 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 Michol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1942–1981 (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 Michol 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.