Michal
Michal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 856th, in 1942.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 198590 births
- Best rank
- #856in 1942
- Since 1938
- 7,762people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,996 girls have been named Michal in the United States since 1938, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 90 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 17%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Michal is used for both sexes: 49% of its bearers are boys (3,766), most of them born around 1961.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Michal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | |
| 1940s | 379 | |
| 1950s | 325 | |
| 1960s | 280 | |
| 1970s | 517 | |
| 1980s | 685 | |
| 1990s | 653 | |
| 2000s | 519 | |
| 2010s | 434 | |
| 2020s | 194 |
In 1985, its biggest year
Michal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1985 were Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Michal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lynneapeak 2011
- Elissapeak 1979
- Starrpeak 1997
- Brynapeak 2003
- Camilliapeak 1987
- Mariaelenapeak 1998
- Memorypeak 2006
- Joyapeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.