Mykael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MY-kel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Mykael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mykael mean?
Hebrew: variant of Mikael, a form of Michael
“who is like God”
In the Bible Michael is the archangel who leads the heavenly armies against the dragon.
Is Mykael a girl's or a boy's name?
Mykael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mykael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Mykael, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Mykael in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,458 boys in the US were given Mykael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #24, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Mykael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
Nicknames for Mykael
Names like Mykael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Misael Gael Noah Malachi Asher Mateo Caleb Levi Maxwell Eliel Jonah
Other spellings of Mykael
Michael Micheal Mykel Maikol Maykel Maicol Maikel Maycol Mykell Maykol Mykal
Names related to Mykael
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Elsie
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, “Mykael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mykael, updated 20 October 2026.