Mikhail

Mikhail was the #1,867 boys' name in the US in 2025 (84 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Mikhail as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mikhail as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Mikhail as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,867 (84)#1,406 (19)—#1,251 (19)
2024#1,902 (83)#1,132 (25)#655 (4)#1,026 (24)
2023#1,754 (93)#1,108 (26)—#911 (26)
2022#1,839 (87)#1,179 (23)—#809 (31)
2021#1,383 (132)#907 (33)—#1,039 (22)
2020#1,539 (107)#944 (30)—#967 (23)
2019#1,658 (97)#1,001 (28)—#1,152 (18)
2018#1,506 (114)#897 (33)—#910 (25)
2017#1,439 (119)#1,042 (28)—#908 (25)
2016#1,382 (128)#1,157 (24)—#757 (33)
2015#1,259 (143)#807 (39)—#765 (32)
2014#1,285 (138)#959 (30)—#724 (34)
2013#1,376 (122)#751 (43)#605 (4)#714 (34)
2012#1,359 (124)#765 (42)—#862 (26)
2011#1,385 (120)#976 (28)—#744 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #1,259.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mikhail is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 24,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 31,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mikhail 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Mikhail (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
Ontario2024#96411

Mikhail (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
MikhailCanadaBoys#1,25119
MikhailEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
MikhailIrelandBoys—too few
MikhailNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MikhailUSGirls—too few
MikhailUSBoys#1,86784