Mikhail
Boy · mee-ka-EEL · Hebrew
Mikhail is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 1,867th for boys in the US (84 babies).
What does Mikhail mean?
Hebrew: Russian form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Russian form of Michael; Mikhail Bulgakov wrote The Master and Margarita.
- Say it
- mee-ka-EEL
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mikhail a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikhail is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 84 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikhail in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Mikhail, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 44 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mikhail than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Mikhail in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 boys in the UK were given Mikhail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Mikhail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 33 | #993 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 34 | #966 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,115 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 41 | #839 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 44 | #797 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Mikhail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,867among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 84 boys in the US were named Mikhail, making it the 1,867th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,539th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 143 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Mikhail in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 boys in the US were given Mikhail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,161, up from #1,867 for this spelling alone.
Mikhail in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2023 | 93 | #1,754 |
| 2022 | 87 | #1,839 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,383 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,539 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,658 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 119 | #1,439 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,382 |
| 2015 | 143 | #1,259 |
| 2014 | 138 | #1,285 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,359 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 118 | #1,408 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,413 |
| 2008 | 123 | #1,380 |
| 2007 | 98 | #1,593 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,501 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,496 |
| 2004 | 91 | #1,482 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,354 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,605 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,454 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 69 | #1,462 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,118 |
| 1990 | 119 | #945 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,126 |
| 1988 | 98 | #980 |
| 1987 | 73 | #1,122 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,415 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
Nicknames for Mikhail
- Misha 24 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mikhail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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