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.
Where Michal is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,366 · 1 in 31,284
Best ever in a state: #189 in Utah, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,366 | 5 | 1 in 31,284 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 59,050 of them was named Michal, which outranked 73.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,796Teryl35
- #1,796Tessie35
- #1,796Walter35
- #1,835Michal34
- #1,835Adria34
- #1,835Arletta34
- #1,835Arthur34
- #1,871Alexa33
- #1,871Bruce33
- #1,871Cheree33
Tied with 35 names at #1,835; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 30,657 of them was named Michal, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).