Micholas
Micholas was last recorded in 2000, when 5 babies were given it; 217 Americans have been recorded with it between 1977 and 2000 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Micholas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Micholas?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,571, in 2000; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
19 babies in 1984, the peak
Micholas peaked in 1984, when 19 boys were given it, #2,591 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | #11,571 | 2.5 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,304 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,435 | 3.1 |
| 1993 | 5 | #9,670 | 2.5 |
| 1991 | 5 | #9,130 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,215 | 3.9 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,552 | 8.0 |
| 1988 | 12 | #4,079 | 6.3 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,909 | 9.6 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,078 | 8.7 |
Every recorded year (19)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 17 | #2,906 | 9.2 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,591 | 10.5 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,753 | 9.5 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,784 | 9.4 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,539 | 6.7 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,548 | 6.7 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,729 | 6.4 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,423 | 4.9 |
| 1977 | 5 | #6,503 | 3.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Micholas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Micholas has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 19 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Micholas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Micholas, and how old are they?
An estimated 204 Americans named Micholas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 38 and 44. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 138 people named Micholas (1 woman or girl, 137 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 208 born in the U.S. The Census count is 34% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Micholas
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.