girls:
8 births since 1991
#5708 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1963
#3526 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1963
#6660 (14th percentile)
The name Mikhael is the #6,660 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,079 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 13.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,526 (23.1% percentile) for all time with 1,071 births since 1963. For girls, it ranks #5,708 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 8 births since 1991.
Mikhael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Mikhael is available in 52 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 1 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 Mikhael has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Mikhael reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #841) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mikhael ranks #867 for boys (4.8% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 76.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mikhael reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #847) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikhael".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Mikhael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.4% confident that Mikhael is pronounced as mih-KAYL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mih-KAY-uhl, at 22.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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