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Michal

Pronounced /miˈxɑl/

Rank in 2024
#3,581
Born in 2024
43
Peak year
1985 · #1411
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:8 in 2024 (#9,267)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 43 girls were named Michal, about 1 in every 37,516.
  • It peaked in 1985 with 90 babies, ranked #1411.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1938.
  • 3,996 girls have been named Michal since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Michal per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 223 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 630 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 717 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,080 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 866 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 480 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew מִיכַל (mikhál, “Michal”).

  • (rather rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/miˈxɑl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Michal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Michael

    Rank
    #7,337
    Born '24
    15
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19862024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Michel

    Rank
    #7,686
    Born '24
    14
    Origin
    French
    1880peak 19662024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Michell

    Rank
    #9,775
    Born '24
    10
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19712024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Micheal

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19772024