Boys' name · since 1996

Mihail

187 babies named Mihail in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#13,369 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,104 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
187
born since 1996
2010s
peak decade

Mihail currently ranks #10104 among boys' names in America, with 187 babies recorded since 1996.

Mihail has 187 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10104 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.

  • #13,369 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #10,104 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 187 born since 1996
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mihail ranks #13,369 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,104 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 187 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.

#13,369 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,104 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
187
born since 1996
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%27.4%
Mihail vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mihail's 187 recorded births place it above 70.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Mihail compares

187 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Mihail's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mihail Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 187 369 358,536
Peak-year births 14 34 22,252

Mihail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Mihail's full recorded timeline at 2012, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Mihail popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2010)
14
Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
46810121416 19962003200720112016202020242025 7

Mihail by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 38% of the file).

2010s was Mihail's strongest decade.

71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.

Mihail births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (38% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mihail?
187 babies have been named Mihail since 1996. All-time, it sits at #13,369 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,104 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2010 with 14 births.
Where does Mihail sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mihail ranks #13,369 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,104 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mihail most popular?
Mihail was most popular in the 2010s decade with 71 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Mihail been used?
Records for Mihail go back to 1996, giving 30 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Mihail?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mihir, Mihran, Mihailo, Mihcael, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Mihail's data

  • Mihail's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (71 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mihail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1996–2025 (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 Mihail 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.