Mikeal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MY-kul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Mikeal is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Mikeal mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Michael
“who is like God?”
A variant spelling of Michael, the name of the archangel in the Bible.
Is Mikeal a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikeal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikeal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Mikeal, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1952, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had fewer boys named Mikeal than any year since 1944.
Half of all the boys named Mikeal in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikeal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 33 | #1,396 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,059 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,090 |
| 1952 | 60 | #914 |
| 1951 | 42 | #1,109 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,666 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
Nicknames for Mikeal
- Mike 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mikeal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael Matthew Daniel Miguel Micah Ian Moshe Joel Aaron Sean Evan Ryan
Names related to Mikeal
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Mikeal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikeal, updated 20 October 2026.