Mikhail
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Mikhail
One of the most familiar Russian names in the West, thanks to ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov and state head Mikhail Gorbachev.
Mikhail is also given to girls.
Pronounced mih-KAHL.
As of October 2026, Mikhail ranked #18366 in US births in 2014 SSA, peaked at #8222 in 1978.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,289 | 138 | 71.8 |
| 2015 | #1,263 | 143 | 74.6 |
| 2016 | #1,384 | 128 | 67.4 |
| 2017 | #1,444 | 119 | 64.3 |
| 2018 | #1,510 | 114 | 62.8 |
| 2019 | #1,669 | 97 | 54.1 |
| 2020 | #1,550 | 107 | 62 |
| 2021 | #1,391 | 132 | 75.5 |
| 2022 | #1,846 | 87 | 49.8 |
| 2023 | #1,763 | 93 | 54.4 |
| 2024 | #1,908 | 83 | 48.2 |
| 2025 | #1,884 | 84 | 49.2 |
World rankings
Mikhail for boys
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Mikhail on lists
Famous Mikhails
- Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevBoy
President of the Soviet Union
- Mikhail Nikolayevich BaryshnikovBoy
Russian,American dancer and actor
- Mikhail Afanasyevich BulgakovBoy
Russian novelist
- Mikhail Alexandrovich BakuninBoy
Russian revolutionary anarchist
- Mikhail "Misha" Arkadyevich ShifmanBoy
Latvian theoretical physicist
- Mikhail Yuryevich LermontovBoy
Russian writer, poet and painter
- Mikhail Jurjevič HraboŭskiBoy
Belorussian ice hockey player
- Mikhail Aleksandrovich SholokhovBoy
Russian novelist
- Mikhail Mikhailovich YouzhnyBoy
Russian tennis player
- Mikhail Ivanovich GlinkaBoy
Russian composer
- Mikhail Illarionovich GolenischevBoy
Kutuzov, Russian field marshal during the Napoleonic Wars
- Mikhail Petrovich LazarevBoy
Russian fleet commander and explorer
- Mikhail Aleksandrovich SergachevBoy
Russian ice hockey player
Mikhail in pop culture
- Mikhail BakuninBoy
character on American TV series 'Lost' Mikhail Victor, character in the game Resident Evil 3