Unisex name · since 1993
Mikhal
37 babies named Mikhal in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 37
- total births
- 1993–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
Mikhal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 37 have been recorded since 1993.
Mikhal has 37 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2008.
- 37 total births
- 1993–2008 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 68% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikhal's 37 recorded births place it above 46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikhal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikhal splits its recorded history at 2005: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikhal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2008
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Mikhal popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2001 (Mikhal as girls' name)
Mikhal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mikhal's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Mikhal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 25 births (68% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1993–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikhal: Baby Name Since 1993 - 37 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikhal. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mikhal 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 July 2026.