Michial
Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,123since 1925
Michial over time
Rank among boys' names. Michial has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,203 | 40 |
| 1955 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #985 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,025 | 50 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #1,110 | 42 |
| 1950 | #973 | 51 |
| 1949 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
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| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Michial! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Michial is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#774 · 1 in 24,406
- Texas#801 · 1 in 14,833
Best ever in a state: #283 in Oregon, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #774 | 5 | 1 in 24,406 |
| Texas | #801 | 7 | 1 in 14,833 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Michial
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1950 (#1,227 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1955 (#985 → #1,294)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1950 at #973 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1950–1954
- Highest: 1 in 35,103 boys born in 1950 were named Michial (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 322,005 boys born in 1994 (0.00%)
- 36.9% of all boys named Michial (414) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,197 (1925) | #4,197 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,001 (1930) | #4,001 |
| 1940s | 161 | #1,227 (1949) | #2,101 |
| 1950s | 414 | #973 (1950) | #1,186 |
| 1960s | 279 | #1,311 (1962) | #1,509 |
| 1970s | 169 | #1,560 (1971) | #2,662 |
| 1980s | 69 | #2,706 (1984) | #4,347 |
| 1990s | 21 | #7,770 (1994) | #8,140 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Michial in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 35,103 of them was named Michial, which outranked 76.8% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).