Mikaeel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-ka-EEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #481 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Mikaeel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 481st for boys in the UK (89 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Mikaeel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mikail, the Arabic form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Spelling of Mikail, the Arabic form of Michael, the archangel named in the Qur'an.
Is Mikaeel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikaeel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 89 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikaeel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #481among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 3,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 89 boys in the UK were named Mikaeel, making it the 481st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 528th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 103 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mikaeel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 boys in the UK were given Mikaeel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #481 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 438th in England and Wales.
Mikaeel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #481 |
| 2024 | 97 | #458 |
| 2023 | 83 | #526 |
| 2022 | 92 | #486 |
| 2021 | 103 | #456 |
| 2020 | 80 | #528 |
| 2019 | 84 | #521 |
| 2018 | 99 | #463 |
| 2017 | 72 | #586 |
| 2016 | 65 | #618 |
| 2015 | 60 | #652 |
| 2014 | 57 | #660 |
| 2013 | 55 | #676 |
| 2012 | 58 | #658 |
| 2011 | 41 | #819 |
| 2010 | 31 | #994 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,086 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Mikaeel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Mikaeel, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Mikaeel in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 boys in the US were given Mikaeel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,161, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
Mikaeel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Mikaeel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Zakariya Eesa Ibrahim Matteo Ismail Mustafa Ayyub Sulaiman Zayan Ilyas
Other spellings of Mikaeel
Names related to Mikaeel
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mikaeel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikaeel, updated 20 October 2026.