Mikail

Boy · mee-ka-EEL · Hebrew

Mikail is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 731st for boys in the UK (53 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).

What does Mikail mean?

Hebrew: Turkish and Arabic form of Michael

“who is like God?”

Turkish and Arabic form of Michael, the archangel.

Say it: mee-ka-EEL

Is Mikail a girl's or a boy's name?

Mikail is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mikail in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #731among boys
Babies in 2025: 53about 1 in 5,700 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were named Mikail, making it the 731st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 710th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 63 boys.

2025 had more boys named Mikail than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Mikail in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 166 boys in the UK were given Mikail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #731 for this spelling alone.

Mikaeel 89
Mikail 53
Mikhail 19
Mika'Il 5

Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 63 in 20182025

Mikail in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	53	#731
2024	52	#738
2023	40	#874
2022	43	#813
2021	48	#781
2020	53	#710
2019	52	#717
2018	63	#639
2017	53	#727
2016	40	#863
2015	49	#732
2014	36	#905
2013	54	#685
2012	38	#889
2011	38	#859
2010	34	#927
2009	32	#937
2008	29	#997
2007	22	#1,172
2006	13	#1,558
2005	9	#1,957
2004	9	#1,831
2003	16	#1,163
2002	8	#1,728
2001	7	#1,833
2000	7	#1,775
1999	0	–
1998	5	#2,170
1997	0	–
1996	4	#2,442

How popular is Mikail in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,718among boys
Babies in 2025: 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 3% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Mikail, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.

Half of all the boys named Mikail in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 153 boys in the US were given Mikail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,161, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.

Mikhail 84
Mikail 47
Mikaeel 22

1984Busiest: 52 in 20162025

Mikail in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	47	#2,718
2024	37	#3,214
2023	50	#2,613
2022	47	#2,751
2021	48	#2,651
2020	39	#2,979
2019	52	#2,524
2018	47	#2,634
2017	49	#2,565
2016	52	#2,437
2015	42	#2,808
2014	46	#2,620
2013	35	#3,120
2012	46	#2,631
2011	39	#2,949
2010	34	#3,238
2009	31	#3,474
2008	35	#3,219
2007	31	#3,442
2006	34	#3,152
2005	26	#3,611
2004	25	#3,632
2003	34	#2,843
2002	27	#3,255
2001	27	#3,223
2000	23	#3,530
1999	24	#3,275
1998	30	#2,708
1997	13	#4,663
1996	20	#3,400
1995	10	#5,495
1994	19	#3,463
1993	23	#2,937
1992	14	#4,106
1991	10	#5,088
1990	10	#4,986
1989	14	#3,803
1988	7	#5,745
1987	7	#5,453
1986	10	#4,126
1985	7	#5,142
1984	7	#4,969

Names like Mikail

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Musa Muhammad Ismail Ibrahim Yusuf Zakariya Mustafa Matteo Abdullah Yahya Yunus Elijah

Other spellings of Mikail

Mikaeel Mikhail Mika'Il

Names related to Mikail

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