Recorded 1911–2025 · United States
Michal was most popular in 1985, when 158 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,620 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,745, with 48 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,813 people named Michal.
Michal first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1911, which makes it about 114 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 103 of the 115 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,813 American births named Michal between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,916 are estimated to be alive today.
48 American babies were named Michal in 2025, ranking #5,745 that year.
Michal is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 51 births a year, against 70 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Michal is a unisex name — 51.6% of the 7,813 Americans given it were girls and 48.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2010 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 73% girls and 27% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,916 Americans named Michal are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 38 years old, and half are between 24 and 55. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org