Meaning not yet researched.
Michal: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 33 in 2025. Its best rank was #856 in 1942.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #856 in 1942; #4,320 in 2025. About 69% of babies named Michal in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,320 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1942, at #856.
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Michal: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 33 girls in 2025. Peak: #856 in 1942 · most girls in one year: 90 (1985).
In 2025, 33 US girls were named Michal, making it the 4,320th most common girls’ name of the year, down 762 places from #3,558 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 44 girls named Michal in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #856, reached in 1942. The most girls given the name in a single year was 90, in 1985. For comparison, it was #3,959 in 2015 and #1,444 in 1950.
In 2025, 15 US boys were named Michal, making it the 6,049th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,705 places from #8,754 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 9 boys named Michal in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #903, reached in 1956. The most boys given the name in a single year was 71, in 1961. For comparison, it was #5,001 in 2015 and #1,198 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Michal in 103 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1911 with 5 babies. In all, 7,813 US babies have been given the name, 52% of them girls and 48% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 1,248 babies named Michal.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 398 US girls were named Michal; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 54. In 2025 that was about 1 in 48,705 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Michael (4,448,633 babies since 1880), Miguel (191,562 babies since 1880), Michel (14,094 babies since 1880) and Mikael (6,239 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mykhal are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mykhal (15).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Michal in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,320 | 15 | #6,049 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,558 | 9 | #8,754 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,691 | 5 | #13,501 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,750 | 19 | #5,156 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,474 | 18 | #5,271 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,888 | 17 | #5,394 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,509 | 12 | #7,039 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,052 | 16 | #5,701 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,285 | 12 | #6,972 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,088 | 22 | #4,576 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,959 | 19 | #5,001 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,637 | 22 | #4,486 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,219 | 32 | #3,382 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,091 | 26 | #3,970 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,889 | 38 | #3,029 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,238 | 41 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,444 | 48 | #2,613 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,361 | 57 | #2,315 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,703 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,835 | 63 | #2,092 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,246 | 60 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,578 | 62 | #1,969 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,216 | 59 | #1,977 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,695 | 47 | #2,240 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,621 | 47 | #2,210 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,449 | 69 | #1,677 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,416 | 63 | #1,681 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,041 | 66 | #1,595 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,149 | 58 | #1,701 |
| 1996 | 73 | #1,955 | 66 | #1,528 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,231 | 43 | #1,977 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,924 | 69 | #1,415 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,436 | 63 | #1,487 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,048 | 40 | #1,992 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,230 | 58 | #1,520 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,983 | 69 | #1,345 |
| 1989 | 61 | #2,063 | 52 | #1,561 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,595 | 58 | #1,368 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,829 | 57 | #1,310 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,945 | 47 | #1,468 |
| 1985 | 90 | #1,422 | 68 | #1,130 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,548 | 41 | #1,521 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,621 | 46 | #1,390 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,892 | 49 | #1,349 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,624 | 49 | #1,353 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,859 | 34 | #1,715 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,655 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,700 | 26 | #1,947 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,690 | 38 | #1,501 |
| 1976 | 85 | #1,292 | 53 | #1,186 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,767 | 46 | #1,272 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,751 | 45 | #1,263 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,997 | 36 | #1,422 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,205 | 56 | #1,093 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,523 | 34 | #1,488 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,558 | 44 | #1,258 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,283 | 45 | #1,179 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,682 | 51 | #1,041 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,252 | 41 | #1,175 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,231 | 48 | #1,067 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,278 | 45 | #1,121 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,998 | 35 | #1,343 |
| 1963 | 35 | #2,003 | 41 | #1,221 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,344 | 38 | #1,269 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,281 | 71 | #910 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,352 | 52 | #1,079 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,566 | 68 | #937 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,147 | 54 | #1,045 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,468 | 64 | #953 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,858 | 69 | #903 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,790 | 59 | #982 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,819 | 66 | #912 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,665 | 52 | #1,010 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,571 | 59 | #929 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,570 | 46 | #1,060 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,444 | 37 | #1,198 |
| 1949 | 58 | #1,199 | 44 | #1,069 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,890 | 39 | #1,155 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,389 | 30 | #1,354 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,458 | 26 | #1,401 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,505 | 17 | #1,676 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,649 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 1943 | 63 | #1,001 | 17 | #1,807 |
| 1942 | 81 | #856 | 13 | #2,113 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,859 | 14 | #1,971 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,420 | 9 | #2,613 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,726 | — | — |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,781 | — | — |
| 1928 | — | — | 8 | #3,271 |
| 1927 | — | — | 8 | #3,351 |
| 1925 | — | — | 7 | #3,628 |
| 1924 | — | — | 5 | #4,758 |
| 1923 | — | — | 7 | #3,702 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,128 |
| 1919 | — | — | 10 | #2,805 |
| 1918 | — | — | 12 | #2,486 |
| 1917 | — | — | 8 | #3,119 |
| 1916 | — | — | 6 | #3,753 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,698 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,216 |
| 1913 | — | — | 5 | #3,111 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,186 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,922 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).