Mikhail
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 119 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,134since 1968
Mikhail over time
Rank among boys' names. Mikhail has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,867 | 84 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,902 | 83 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,754 | 93 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,839 | 87 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,383 | 132 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,539 | 107 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,658 | 97 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,506 | 114 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,439 | 119 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,382 | 128 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,259 | 143 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,285 | 138 |
| 2013 | — | #1,376 | 122 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,359 | 124 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,385 | 120 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,408 | 118 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,413 | 119 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,380 | 123 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,593 | 98 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,501 | 101 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,497 | 96 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,484 | 91 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,348 | 101 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,357 | 97 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,429 | 87 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,609 | 73 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,457 | 79 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,449 | 78 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,628 | 62 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,465 | 69 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,430 | 69 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,444 | 65 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,105 | 99 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #1,124 | 95 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #949 | 119 |
| 1989 | — | #1,130 | 88 | |
| 1988 | — | #981 | 98 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,123 | 73 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,227 | 61 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,416 | 48 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mikhail! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1970, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mikhail is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#444 · 1 in 4,498
- New York#790 · 1 in 11,201
- Georgia#804 · 1 in 9,730
- California#942 · 1 in 15,991
- Florida#1,052 · 1 in 17,807
Best ever in a state: #444 in Washington, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #444 | 8 | 1 in 4,498 |
| New York | #790 | 12 | 1 in 11,201 |
| Georgia | #804 | 5 | 1 in 9,730 |
| California | #942 | 18 | 1 in 15,991 |
| Florida | #1,052 | 5 | 1 in 17,807 |
| Texas | #1,301 | 6 | 1 in 25,544 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Mikhail
- 35 spots since 2024 (#1,902 → #1,867)
- 328 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #1,867)
- 608 spots since 2015 (#1,259 → #1,867)
- Biggest jump: 181 spots in 1990 (#1,130 → #949)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1991 (#949 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1990 at #949 (119 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1988–1990
- Highest: 1 in 13,254 boys born in 2021 were named Mikhail (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #949 in 1990, was only 1 in 17,261 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.6% of all boys named Mikhail (1,223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,136 (1968) | #4,136 |
| 1970s | 59 | #2,669 (1978) | #4,408 |
| 1980s | 469 | #981 (1988) | #1,849 |
| 1990s | 806 | #949 (1990) | #1,343 |
| 2000s | 986 | #1,348 (2003) | #1,461 |
| 2010s | 1,223 | #1,259 (2015) | #1,406 |
| 2020s | 586 | #1,383 (2021) | #1,714 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mikhail in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 267,858 of them was named Mikhail, which outranked 33.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,336Zehra8
- #9,336Zuly8
- #9,336Zuzanna8
- #10,271Mikhail7
- #10,271Abelina7
- #10,271Abeni7
- #10,271Abiola7
- #11,509Aamber6
- #11,509Abagael6
- #11,509Abbagail6
Tied with 1,237 names at #10,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 21,267 of them was named Mikhail, which outranked 88.3% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,117Lyndon96
- #1,117Tremayne96
- #1,117Trevin96
- #1,124Mikhail95
- #1,124Eliezer95
- #1,124Gideon95
- #1,124Hank95
- #1,130Breon94
- #1,130Bruno94
- #1,130Cord94
Tied with 5 names at #1,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.