boys:
1.4k births since 1951
#3224 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1951
#6332 (18th percentile)
The name Micahel is the #6,332 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,412 recorded births since 1951. This represents the 18.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,224 (29.7% percentile) for all time with 1,412 births since 1951.
Micahel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1951 (first recorded for boys in 1951). Birth data for Micahel is available in 50 out of the 61 years between 1951 and 2011. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Micahel reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 10.2% percentile (ranked #680) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 39 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Micahel".
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Our model has identified 19 different pronunciations for the name Micahel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 19.5% confident that Micahel is pronounced as MAI-kuh-hehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-kuh-hehl, at 12.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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