Mychael
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 84.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 83 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,348since 1972
Mychael over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,470 | 22 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,982 | 26 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,661 | 28 | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #3,306 | 33 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #3,744 | 28 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #3,451 | 30 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,311 | 36 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,792 | 47 |
| 1992 | — | #1,955 | 41 | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #1,573 | 54 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #1,435 | 61 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,162 | 83 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #1,263 | 66 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Mychael! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mychael is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mychael in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mychael
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1989 at #1,162 (83 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,108
- Highest: 1 in 24,108 boys born in 1989 were named Mychael (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.0% of all boys named Mychael (391) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28 | #2,669 (1978) | #4,166 |
| 1980s | 347 | #1,162 (1989) | #2,423 |
| 1990s | 391 | #1,435 (1990) | #2,206 |
| 2000s | 312 | #2,797 (2001) | #3,221 |
| 2010s | 225 | #3,306 (2011) | #4,705 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,089 (2021) | #8,395 |
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.
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