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.

Mychal*

#2,902 most common boys' name of all time · #7,024 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1978–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,902
Rank overall
#7,024 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,272
Since 2016
81
Peak year
1988 #666
Best rank
#666 1988
Girls Boys peak 225/yr
198020002020

Mychal first appears in 1978. 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 — 5 5 #12,459
2023 — 5 5 #12,722
2022 — 5 5 #12,804
2021 — 8 8 #9,094
2020 — 8 8 #8,986
2019 — 7 7 #10,059
2018 — 17 17 #5,414
2017 — 13 13 #6,471
2016 — 13 13 #6,512
2015 — 16 16 #5,613
2014 — 23 23 #4,320
2013 — 19 19 #4,889
2012 — 19 19 #4,944
2011 — 16 16 #5,535
2010 — 18 18 #5,149
2009 — 22 22 #4,505
2008 5 30 35 #3,608
2007 8 33 41 #3,349
2006 — 17 17 #5,205
2005 — 16 16 #5,164
2004 — 16 16 #5,144
2003 6 21 27 #4,057
2002 8 58 66 #1,932
2001 7 43 50 #2,333
2000 7 14 21 #5,183
1999 5 20 25 #3,786
1998 11 25 36 #3,175
1997 12 25 37 #3,045
1996 8 37 45 #2,245
1995 13 39 52 #2,133
1994 8 41 49 #2,038
1993 8 51 59 #1,718
1992 12 74 86 #1,318
1991 13 112 125 #1,024
1990 15 153 168 #827
1989 7 176 183 #747
1988 22 203 225 #666
1987 19 143 162 #771
1986 5 52 57 #1,383
1985 5 78 83 #1,049
1984 20 65 85 #1,133
1983 18 50 68 #1,326
1982 10 52 62 #1,309
1981 6 29 35 #1,940
1980 7 26 33 #2,109
1979 — 35 35 #1,669
1978 — 59 59 #1,169