Mychal
Mychal was the 13292nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 665th with 203 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,632 places. More babies were named Mychal in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,292 boys, down 4,004 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1988203 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,272babies recorded
Mychal popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #13,292 | — | 5 |
| 2020 | — | #9,288 | — | 8 |
| 2010 | — | #5,176 | — | 18 |
| 2000 | #12,718 | #5,235 | 7 | 14 |
| 1990 | #6,035 | #826 | 15 | 153 |
| 1980 | #8,748 | #2,096 | 7 | 26 |
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How popular is Mychal, counting every spelling?
Mychal is the most common spelling of a name family that had 5 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 5 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
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Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mychal?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mychal (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Mychal born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mychal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mychal?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Mychal are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 28 and 39. That makes Mychal mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mychal by state
How common Mychal was among boys born in each state in 1986–1990, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oregon (3.8×), California (1.9×). In 31 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mychal: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mychal, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mychal
How popular is the name Mychal?
Mychal was the 13292nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 665th with 203 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 7,632 places. More babies were named Mychal in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Mychal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Mychal in the US.
Where was Mychal most popular?
In 1986–1990, Mychal was most common in Oregon (0.29 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Arizona.