Mikael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEE-ka-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #624 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,169 for boys
Mikael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 624th for boys in the UK (67 babies) and 1,169th for boys in the US (176 babies).
What does Mikael mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian and Finnish form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Swedish and Finnish form of Michael.
Is Mikael a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 boys in the UK and 176 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #624among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the UK were named Mikael, making it the 624th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 610th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 93 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mikael than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Mikael in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 578th in England and Wales.
Mikael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #624 |
| 2024 | 74 | #574 |
| 2023 | 72 | #583 |
| 2022 | 93 | #478 |
| 2021 | 81 | #539 |
| 2020 | 66 | #610 |
| 2019 | 44 | #788 |
| 2018 | 58 | #675 |
| 2017 | 40 | #879 |
| 2016 | 47 | #779 |
| 2015 | 49 | #732 |
| 2014 | 42 | #817 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,086 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Mikael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,169among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 176about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 176 boys in the US were named Mikael, making it the 1,169th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,074th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 223 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944.
2025 had fewer boys named Mikael than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Mikael in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 187 boys in the US were given Mikael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,034, up from #1,169 for this spelling alone.
- Mikael 176
- Mickael 11
Girls were 15% of the babies named Mikael in the US in 1972, and 2% in 2023.
Mikael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | #1,169 |
| 2024 | 188 | #1,129 |
| 2023 | 223 | #987 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | 205 | #1,046 |
| 2020 | 186 | #1,074 |
| 2019 | 208 | #1,004 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,042 |
| 2016 | 215 | #958 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,174 |
| 2014 | 150 | #1,218 |
| 2013 | 162 | #1,119 |
| 2012 | 164 | #1,120 |
| 2011 | 133 | #1,285 |
| 2010 | 136 | #1,278 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,425 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,319 |
| 2007 | 132 | #1,306 |
| 2006 | 123 | #1,330 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,459 |
| 2004 | 100 | #1,412 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,408 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,369 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,279 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,285 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,290 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,239 |
| 1994 | 84 | #1,271 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,201 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,304 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,177 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,321 |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,201 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,122 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,246 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,173 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,374 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 48 | #1,362 |
| 1980 | 43 | #1,449 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,390 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
Names like Mikael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gabriel Raphael Matteo Tobias Elijah Zachary Elias Micah Isaiah Caleb Noah Malachi
Other spellings of Mikael
Names related to Mikael
Michael Mikaeel Mikail Mikhail Mikhael Mikel Mika'Il Miklo Mikal Maikel
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, “Mikael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikael, updated 20 October 2026.