# Mihai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mihai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 71 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 71 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 306, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 10,111 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,587 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,521 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,566 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,972 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,391 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,782 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,360 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,427 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,787 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,541 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Mihai

- Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, 62nd Prime Minister of Romania (2012)
- Mihai Tudose, 66th Prime Minister of Romania (2017-2018)
- Mihai Țurcaș, Canoe racer
- Mihai Popescu, association football player
- Mihai Bordeianu, association football player
- Sorin Grindeanu, 65th Prime Minister of Romania (2017)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.