Feminine dossier · first seen 1938

Michal

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Michal
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1985

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1938Peak 19852024

Peak year

1985

Decline from peak

52.2%

2024

All-time

3,996

Michal has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1985, when 90 girls were named Michal.

In 2024, only 43 girls were given the name.

Down 52.2% from its peak.

All told, about 3,996 Americans have been named Michal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1938.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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