Mychael

Gender: Boy
Say it: MY-kul
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #10,690 for boys

Mychael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Mychael mean?

Hebrew: respelling of Michael

“who is like God?”

A respelling of Michael, the name of an archangel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.

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

Mychael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mychael in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,690th among boys
Babies in 2025: 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Mychael, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.

Half of all the boys named Mychael in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2012, 23% of the babies named Mychael in the US were girls.

1972Busiest: 83 in 19892025

Mychael in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#10,690
2024	0	–
2023	8	#8,916
2022	10	#7,762
2021	11	#7,084
2020	10	#7,497
2019	13	#6,401
2018	19	#4,914
2017	9	#8,136
2016	22	#4,469
2015	26	#3,980
2014	21	#4,534
2013	28	#3,659
2012	30	#3,527
2011	33	#3,305
2010	24	#4,098
2009	40	#2,945
2008	28	#3,741
2007	41	#2,866
2006	30	#3,449
2005	30	#3,315
2004	28	#3,364
2003	24	#3,621
2002	29	#3,091
2001	33	#2,792
2000	29	#2,987
1999	32	#2,661
1998	34	#2,504
1997	36	#2,308
1996	27	#2,742
1995	28	#2,621
1994	31	#2,439
1993	47	#1,787
1992	41	#1,950
1991	54	#1,567
1990	61	#1,430
1989	83	#1,158
1988	66	#1,259
1987	55	#1,335
1986	34	#1,789
1985	39	#1,613
1984	19	#2,528
1983	18	#2,576
1982	16	#2,830
1981	11	#3,599
1980	6	#5,523
1979	7	#4,840
1978	16	#2,668
1977	0	–
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	0	–
1972	5	#4,983