Mychal
- Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 88.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 203 births
- Debut · boys
- 59 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,007since 1978
Mychal 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #3,313 | 33 |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #1,916 | 58 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #2,102 | 39 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #2,012 | 41 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,699 | 51 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #1,309 | 74 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #1,017 | 112 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #824 | 153 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #747 | 176 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #662 | 203 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #770 | 143 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,363 | 52 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,043 | 78 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #1,123 | 65 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #1,314 | 50 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #1,293 | 52 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,149 | 59 | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Mychal! It came in at #1,149, and was given to 59 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mychal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mychal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mychal
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,269 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 593 spots in 1987
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1991
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1988 at #662 (203 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1987–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,430
- Highest: 1 in 9,430 boys born in 1988 were named Mychal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 43.5% of all boys named Mychal (874) 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 | 94 | #1,149 (1978) | #1,391 |
| 1980s | 874 | #662 (1988) | #1,227 |
| 1990s | 577 | #824 (1990) | #2,096 |
| 2000s | 270 | #1,916 (2002) | #3,965 |
| 2010s | 161 | #4,263 (2014) | #5,768 |
| 2020s | 31 | #8,739 (2020) | #10,828 |
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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