Mikael Boy
How popular is Mikael?
#1,169 boy name in 2025
176 baby boys were named Mikael in the US in 2025, making it the 1169th most popular boy name.
Mikael popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,169 for boys (▼ 40 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 176 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,174 in 2015, #1,074 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (223 boys) |
| Highest rank | #958 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1944 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mikael counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mikael family of names ranked #970 for boys in 2025 (#948 the year before), with 207 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mikael | 176 | 85% |
| Mykael | 7 | 3% |
| Micael | 8 | 4% |
| Mickael | 11 | 5% |
| Mikaele | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mikael is most popular
Babies named Mikael per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (89 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (89 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (169 boys)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Mikael by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 34 | #2,607 |
| 1950s | 130 | #1,938 |
| 1960s | 137 | #1,624 |
| 1970s | 278 | #1,390 |
| 1980s | 571 | #1,115 |
| 1990s | 852 | #1,177 |
| 2000s | 1,085 | #1,279 |
| 2010s | 1,683 | #958 |
| 2020s | 1,169 | #987 |
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Questions
- Is Mikael a boy or girl name?
- Mikael is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Mikael were boys.
- How popular is the name Mikael?
- 176 baby boys were named Mikael in the US in 2025, making it the 1169th most popular boy name.
- When was Mikael most popular?
- Mikael peaked in 2023, when 223 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #958 in 2016.
- How many people are named Mikael?
- 6,239 babies have been named Mikael in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,045 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Mikael most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mikael was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.