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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Ohio#665 · 1 in 12,819
- California#1,031 · 1 in 19,403
- Texas#1,348 · 1 in 28,822
Best ever in a state: #495 in Colorado, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #665 | 6 | 1 in 12,819 |
| California | #1,031 | 13 | 1 in 19,403 |
| Texas | #1,348 | 5 | 1 in 28,822 |
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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 Mychael
- 3,193 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #10,695)
- 6,713 spots since 2015 (#3,982 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1989 at #1,162 (83 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 29.0% of all boys named Mychael (391) were born in this decade
- 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.
Mychael in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 197,873 of them was named Mychael, which outranked 44.6% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,111Zarina10
- #7,111Zoua10
- #7,111Zoya10
- #7,691Mychael9
- #7,691Abeni9
- #7,691Abiola9
- #7,691Adonica9
- #8,391Aarin8
- #8,391Aarti8
- #8,391Abriel8
Tied with 699 names at #7,691; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 29,004 of them was named Mychael, which outranked 85.1% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,249Richardo67
- #1,249Sandy67
- #1,249Shon67
- #1,263Mychael66
- #1,263Blane66
- #1,263Caesar66
- #1,263Catlin66
- #1,270Blayne65
- #1,270Cordaro65
- #1,270Dajuan65
Tied with 6 names at #1,263; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.