girls:
4k births since 1938
#2747 (52nd percentile)
boys:
3.8k births since 1911
#2023 (56th percentile)
overall:
7.7k births since 1911
#3072 (60th percentile)
The name Michal is the #3,072 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,706 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 60.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,747 (51.9% percentile) for all time with 3,952 births since 1938. For boys, it ranks #2,023 (55.9% percentile) for all time with 3,754 births since 1911.
Michal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 1938 for girls). Birth data for Michal is available in 101 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023 (98 years for boys and 86 years for girls). 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.
The name Michal is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Michal were girls. Interestingly, until around 1938, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1911 to 1937), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (52.0% girls from 1938 to 2023).
For girls, Michal reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 12.3% percentile (ranked #545) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 58 births per million (ranked 12.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Michal ranks #910 for girls (3.9% percentile) with 24 births per million, which is 41.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Michal reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 10.2% percentile (ranked #574) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 35 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Michal".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Michal", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 72 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Michael" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Michael..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Michal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.4% confident that Michal is pronounced as MIH-kuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-chuhl, at 14.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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