How rare is the name Mikhail?

12,398 people in the United States have the first name Mikhail, about 1 in 24,361. It ranks #2,152 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIKHAIL

#2,152

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,398
About
1 in 24,361
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,398 people named Mikhail, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Black and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mikhail peaked in 2014, when 143 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
143
In 2025*
84 ▼41%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,158 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Mikhail by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,056. The largest share of babies named Mikhail, 37.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#10,44966
1980s#3,575469
1990s#3,056818
2000s#3,361986
2010s#3,1121,228
2020s#3,611586
Generation X 1965–802.2%
Millennials 1981–9625.2%
Generation Z 1997–1237.7%
2013 and later34.9%

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 Mikhail is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mikhail has been most common in Florida (5.4×), Washington (2.8×), and New York (2.6×), and least common in Michigan (0.39×).

2,022 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 Mikhail

#2,149 Winifred · 12,409#2,151 Cheyanne · 12,406#2,153 Braydon · 12,384#2,154 Boyd · 12,377

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mikhail, most common first.

#1 Michael · 3,476,721#2,419 Michal · 10,276#3,917 Mikael · 4,993#5,392 Mikal · 3,195#7,530 Mikaila · 2,017#8,715 Mikeal · 1,650#11,492 Mikhael · 1,112#12,255 Mikail · 1,020

Also a last name

As a last name, Mikhail ranks #10,540 of 156,621, with 2,902 people. See Mikhail as a last name

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