Mychal
Boy · MY-kul · Hebrew
Mychal 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 Mychal mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Michael
“who is like God?”
A respelling of Michael, the archangel named in the books of Daniel and Revelation.
- Say it
- MY-kul
Is Mychal a girl's or a boy's name?
Mychal 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 Mychal 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 Mychal, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 203 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Mychal in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2008, 14% of the babies named Mychal in the US were girls.
Mychal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,304 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,011 |
| 1990 | 153 | #820 |
| 1989 | 176 | #744 |
| 1988 | 203 | #662 |
| 1987 | 143 | #770 |
| 1986 | 52 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,042 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,122 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
Nicknames for Mychal
- Mike 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mychal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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