Mikal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mih-KAHL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Mikal is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Mikal mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian and modern form of Michael
“who is like God?”
A Norwegian form of Michael, also used in the US as a modern spelling.
Is Mikal a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Mikal, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 158 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the boys named Mikal in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 44% of the babies named Mikal in the US in 1974, and 22% in 2020.
Mikal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 75 | #1,823 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 84 | #1,562 |
| 2003 | 80 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 81 | #1,526 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 120 | #1,104 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,277 |
| 1997 | 128 | #998 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,153 |
| 1995 | 133 | #962 |
| 1994 | 132 | #955 |
| 1993 | 158 | #838 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,289 |
| 1991 | 59 | #1,476 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,331 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | 52 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,034 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
Nicknames for Mikal
- Mike 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mikal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi Ravi Malik Micah Rishi Imran Ari Misael Avraham Shiloh Arjun Matthew
Names related to Mikal
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Mikal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikal, updated 20 October 2026.