NameTides

Mikael

Mikael was the #1,169 boys' name in the US in 2025 (176 babies), and #578 in England & Wales and #373 in Canada.

Mikael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mikael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Mikael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,169 (176)#578 (67)——#373 (87)
2024#1,129 (188)#524 (74)——#444 (69)
2023#987 (223)#539 (71)—#584 (5)#339 (88)
2022#1,113 (191)#444 (91)—#779 (3)#402 (72)
2021#1,046 (205)#503 (78)#720 (3)—#385 (79)
2020#1,074 (186)#576 (63)#711 (3)#741 (3)#350 (89)
2019#1,004 (208)#740 (44)——#331 (98)
2018#1,168 (164)#646 (54)#595 (4)—#342 (95)
2017#1,042 (193)#818 (39)——#352 (93)
2016#958 (215)#732 (46)——#298 (117)
2015#1,174 (158)#692 (48)——#280 (122)
2014#1,218 (150)#754 (42)——#290 (118)
2013#1,119 (162)#954 (30)——#272 (123)
2012#1,120 (164)#1,229 (21)—#718 (3)#214 (164)
2011#1,285 (133)#1,303 (19)#648 (3)—#184 (195)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #987.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1944.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mikael is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mikael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #831CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Mikael (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#22424
Ontario2024#42929

Mikael (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MikaelCanadaBoys#37387
MikaelEngland & WalesBoys#57867
Mika'ElEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MikaelIrelandBoys—too few
MikaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MikaelScotlandBoys—too few
MikaelUSGirls—too few
MikaelUSBoys#1,169176