Mikael

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Primarily a boy's name · 95% boys

Meaning

Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael, which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name.

From Wikipedia

Mikael first appears in the data in 1944 and has been recorded in 80 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 223 babies (rank #989 that year). In 2024 it was given to 187 boys (rank #1,132). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Mikael

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mikael yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6,061
Total babies (all years)
80
Years in the data
223
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19445#3,751
19465#3,851
19477#3,270
19489#2,729
19498#2,940
195014#2,087
19515#4,076
195216#1,987
19539#2,843
195413#2,279
195513#2,282
195616#2,065
195715#2,162
195813#2,335
195916#2,080
196011#2,638
19618#3,276
196210#2,786
19636#3,899
196412#2,510
196523#1,656
196616#2,021
196718#1,883
196817#2,005
196916#2,196
197020#2,038
197117#2,342
197228#1,669
197326#1,761
197426#1,819
197524#1,982
197631#1,697
197727#1,889
197834#1,640
197945#1,404
198043#1,461
198148#1,368
198249#1,350
198346#1,391
198432#1,790
198569#1,122
198665#1,184
198761#1,257
198879#1,128
198979#1,213
199070#1,331
199188#1,186
199274#1,315
199387#1,213
199484#1,280
199587#1,252
199685#1,296
199780#1,382
199893#1,294
1999104#1,221
2000101#1,287
200189#1,410
200296#1,379
200394#1,416
2004100#1,424
2005100#1,469
2006123#1,338
2007132#1,309
2008132#1,323
2009118#1,430
2010136#1,280
2011133#1,293
2012164#1,123
2013162#1,125
2014150#1,222
2015158#1,181
2016215#961
2017193#1,045
2018164#1,172
2019208#1,006
2020186#1,075
2021204#1,051
2022191#1,116
2023223#989
2024187#1,132