Mechel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEKH-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Mechel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Mechel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Michael is the archangel who leads heaven's armies in the Book of Revelation.
Is Mechel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mechel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mechel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Mechel, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Mechel in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mechel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
Names like Mechel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Aziel, Thiago, Azriel, Ezra, Jaziel, Ares, Luca, Mateo, Messiah, Mathias, Moses
Names related to Mechel
Michael, Micheal, Michele, Michel, Michoel, Mychael, Micahel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mechel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mechel, updated 20 October 2026.