Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Michal**

#1,885 most common girls' name of all time · #3,228 across all names · 48% male / 52% female · used 1911–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,885
Rank overall
#3,228 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
7,813
Since 2016
543
Peak year
1985 #1,413
Best rank
#857 1942
Girls Boys peak 158/yr
192019401960198020002020

Michal first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 15 48 #4,280
2024 44 9 53 #3,529
2023 42 5 47 #3,649
2022 41 19 60 #3,715
2021 31 18 49 #4,425
2020 37 17 54 #3,848
2019 31 12 43 #4,450
2018 36 16 52 #4,013
2017 49 12 61 #3,259
2016 54 22 76 #3,069
2015 38 19 57 #3,922
2014 43 22 65 #3,591
2013 35 32 67 #4,168
2012 37 26 63 #4,054
2011 60 38 98 #2,874
2010 51 41 92 #3,209
2009 48 48 96 #3,416
2008 50 57 107 #3,324
2007 44 57 101 #3,659
2006 40 63 103 #3,805
2005 48 60 108 #3,220
2004 65 62 127 #2,563
2003 46 59 105 #3,191
2002 57 47 104 #2,679
2001 58 47 105 #2,608
2000 63 69 132 #2,431
1999 61 63 124 #2,408
1998 73 66 139 #2,028
1997 65 58 123 #2,140
1996 73 66 139 #1,950
1995 60 43 103 #2,222
1994 74 69 143 #1,910
1993 52 63 115 #2,427
1992 67 40 107 #2,039
1991 59 58 117 #2,220
1990 69 69 138 #1,980
1989 61 52 113 #2,056
1988 82 58 140 #1,588
1987 64 57 121 #1,817
1986 57 47 104 #1,936
1985 90 68 158 #1,413
1984 74 41 115 #1,541
1983 69 46 115 #1,614
1982 57 49 106 #1,882
1981 72 49 121 #1,619
1980 59 34 93 #1,843
1979 68 32 100 #1,649
1978 62 26 88 #1,697
1977 62 38 100 #1,688
1976 85 53 138 #1,289
1975 53 46 99 #1,762
1974 52 45 97 #1,745
1973 41 36 77 #1,995
1972 35 56 91 #2,185
1971 30 34 64 #2,498
1970 29 44 73 #2,540
1969 32 45 77 #2,268
1968 23 51 74 #2,657
1967 29 41 70 #2,236
1966 29 48 77 #2,211
1965 28 45 73 #2,262
1964 36 35 71 #1,986
1963 35 41 76 #1,994
1962 27 38 65 #2,330
1961 16 71 87 #3,236
1960 26 52 78 #2,336
1959 21 68 89 #2,549
1958 28 54 82 #2,139
1957 22 64 86 #2,441
1956 34 69 103 #1,851
1955 35 59 94 #1,787
1954 33 66 99 #1,822
1953 36 52 88 #1,658
1952 38 59 97 #1,569
1951 37 46 83 #1,568
1950 41 37 78 #1,444
1949 58 44 102 #1,195
1948 26 39 65 #1,880
1947 45 30 75 #1,388
1946 37 26 63 #1,454
1945 30 17 47 #1,507
1944 26 21 47 #1,638
1943 63 17 80 #1,003
1942 81 13 94 #857
1941 5 14 19 #4,652
1940 8 9 17 #3,359
1939 5 5 #4,507
1938 5 5 #4,570
1928 8 8
1927 8 8
1925 7 7
1924 5 5
1923 7 7
1920 9 9
1919 10 10
1918 12 12
1917 8 8
1916 6 6
1915 6 6
1914 10 10
1913 5 5
1912 7 7
1911 5 5