Michal
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 51.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 81 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,031since 1938
Michal over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #3,060 | 54 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | #3,339 | 32 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #2,868 | 60 | #3,000 | 38 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #3,409 | 48 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #2,291 | 57 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 | #2,281 | 57 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | #2,082 | 63 |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 | #2,061 | 60 |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 | #1,962 | 59 |
| 2002 | #2,673 | 57 | #2,224 | 47 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #2,185 | 47 |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 | #1,666 | 69 |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 | #1,671 | 63 |
| 1998 | #2,026 | 73 | #1,585 | 66 |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 | #1,693 | 58 |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #2,216 | 60 | #1,955 | 43 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 | #1,409 | 69 |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | #1,472 | 63 |
| 1992 | #2,033 | 67 | #1,981 | 40 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #1,974 | 69 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #2,054 | 61 | #1,550 | 52 |
| 1988 | #1,587 | 82 | #1,355 | 58 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | #1,295 | 57 |
| 1986 | #1,932 | 57 | #1,457 | 47 |
| 1985 | #1,410 | 90 | #1,125 | 68 |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | #1,507 | 41 |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 | #1,375 | 46 |
| 1982 | #1,873 | 57 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #1,690 | 62 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 | #1,490 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 85 | #1,179 | 53 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | #1,258 | 46 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | #1,400 | 36 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | #1,083 | 56 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #1,253 | 44 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | #1,168 | 45 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | #1,034 | 51 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #910 | 71 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | #1,072 | 52 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #1,040 | 54 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 | #944 | 64 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | #897 | 69 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | #976 | 59 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | #908 | 66 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 | #999 | 52 |
| 1952 | #1,560 | 38 | #927 | 59 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #1,189 | 58 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #996 | 63 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #853 | 81 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Michal! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Michal
- 749 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #4,265)
- 424 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #4,265)
- 350 spots since 2015 (#3,915 → #4,265)
- Biggest jump: 3,567 spots in 1942 (#4,420 → #853)
- Biggest drop: 613 spots in 1944 (#996 → #1,609)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1942 at #853 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1942–1943
- Highest: 1 in 16,676 girls born in 1942 were named Michal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all girls named Michal (685) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,296 |
| 1940s | 379 | #853 (1942) | #1,843 |
| 1950s | 325 | #1,433 (1950) | #1,866 |
| 1960s | 281 | #1,975 (1964) | #2,330 |
| 1970s | 517 | #1,286 (1976) | #1,894 |
| 1980s | 685 | #1,410 (1985) | #1,726 |
| 1990s | 653 | #1,905 (1994) | #2,128 |
| 2000s | 519 | #2,426 (2000) | #3,083 |
| 2010s | 434 | #2,868 (2011) | #3,652 |
| 2020s | 228 | #3,516 (2024) | #3,896 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Michal in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 29,498 of them was named Michal, which outranked 80.4% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,183Joni59
- #1,183Ruthanne59
- #1,183Trudi59
- #1,189Michal58
- #1,189Abby58
- #1,189Agatha58
- #1,189Dreama58
- #1,201Armida57
- #1,201Iola57
- #1,201Jacqualine57
Tied with 11 names at #1,189; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 40,317 of them was named Michal, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,047Ronney45
- #1,047Santo45
- #1,047Verlin45
- #1,063Michal44
- #1,063Abram44
- #1,063Chauncey44
- #1,063Hosea44
- #1,072Brenda43
- #1,072Buck43
- #1,072Burnell43
Tied with 8 names at #1,063; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.