Mikhal — boys' name
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.
The verdict
37 boys have been named Mikhal since 1993, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2008.
- 37
- total births
- 1993–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Mikhal was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mikhal in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikhal
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Mikhal between 1993 and 2008, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikhal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Mikhal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikhal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mikhal shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikhal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 37 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mikhal at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikhal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1993
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
37 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 8 births in a single year.
Mikhal popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2001 (Mikhal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mikhal accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mikhal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 25 births that decade — 68% of Mikhal's all-time total
Mikhal decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikhal's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.