# Mikhail (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mikhail/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “michael” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,158 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,134 / 24 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 655, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl, “Michael”), from Hebrew מיכאל. Doublet of Michael.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 7 | 8,223 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,434 |
| 1991 | 7 | 11,071 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,367 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 120 | 1,392 |
| 2012 | 124 | 1,365 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,382 |
| 2014 | 138 | 1,289 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,263 |
| 2016 | 128 | 1,384 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1,446 |
| 2018 | 114 | 1,512 |
| 2019 | 97 | 1,669 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,552 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 87 | 1,847 |
| 2023 | 93 | 1,763 |
| 2024 | 83 | 1,914 |
| 2025 | 84 | 1,884 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 42 | 765 |
| 2013 | 43 | 751 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 30 | 944 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Mikhail

- Mikhail Kutuzov, Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
- Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the ECC Board
- Mīkhāʼīl Nuʻaymah, author, poet, novelist, critic, biographer
- Mikhail Tolstykh, commander of the pro-Russian forces
- Mikhail Borodin, Comintern agent (1884-1951)
- Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, engineer (1862–1919)
- Mikhail Chyhir, 2nd Prime Minister of Belarus 1994–1996
- Mikhail Grabovski, Belarusian ice hockey player
- Mikhail Krivonosov, athletics competitor (1929-1994)
- Mikhail Sivakow, Belarusian association football player
- Mikhail Gordeichuk, Belarusian association football player
- Mikhail Siamionau, Belarusian (Greco-Roman) wrestler

## 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.