first name
MICHAL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,276 people named Michal, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 60% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Michal peaked in 1985, when 158 babies got the name.
At least 7,813 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Michal by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,779. The largest share of babies named Michal, 25%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Michal is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Michal has been most common in New York (5.1×), Illinois (3.9×), and New Jersey (3.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.29×).
2,510 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Michal
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Michal, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Michal ranks #32,142 of 156,621, with 769 people. See Michal as a last name
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