Fun Facts About the Name Mychal
- More than 2 thousand babies named Mychal: U.S. records list 2,272 babies given the name Mychal from 1880 through 2025. Even 265 girls received the name Mychal - about 1 girl for every 8 boys.
What Does the Name Mychal Mean?
Mychal is a respelling of Michael, a name from Hebrew Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל). Its parts are mi ("who"), ka ("like"), and el ("God"), so the literal sense is the question "Who is like God?" In Jewish and Christian tradition the question is read as rhetorical, with the implied answer "no one," so the name is a statement of God's incomparability rather than a description of the person who bears it. Because Mychal is a spelling variant rather than a separately derived name, it has the same origin and meaning as Michael.
Mychal Name History & Origins
Michael comes from Hebrew Mikha'el, the name of an archangel in the Book of Daniel, and the same name appears in the New Testament letters of Jude and Revelation in the Greek form Μιχαήλ. It entered Latin as Michael and spread across Christian Europe, becoming one of the most common given names in English-speaking countries. Mychal is a later anglicized respelling: it keeps the consonant pattern of the traditional English Michael but substitutes y for the i and drops the ae digraph. It is a modern spelling of an older name, not a distinct historical form with its own separate line of development.
Among documented bearers of this spelling, Mychal Judge (1933 - 2001) was a Franciscan friar and chaplain to the New York City Fire Department who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and Mychal Thompson (born 1955) is a Bahamian-American former professional basketball player. The spelling is used mainly in the United States.
How Popular is the Name Mychal?
Mychal recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1988. Its best rank was #665 in 1988.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #19,561 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #13,530 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #15,173 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #11,843 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #13,031 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #12,718 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #16,081 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #8,395 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #7,596 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #10,233 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #6,909 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #10,215 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #10,241 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,370 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #6,857 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #6,036 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #10,471 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #4,119 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #4,420 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #12,152 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #11,847 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #3,942 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1983 | #4,223 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #6,694 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #9,936 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #8,748 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,292 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #13,534 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #13,711 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #9,409 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,278 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #10,469 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #5,469 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #6,553 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #6,596 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #5,659 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,917 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #4,979 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #5,594 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #5,175 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #4,541 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #3,620 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2007 | #3,358 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #5,237 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #5,200 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #5,178 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #4,067 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2000 | #5,235 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #3,792 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #3,159 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #2,241 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1995 | #2,128 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1994 | #2,032 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #1,715 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 1992 | #1,316 | 74 | 0.0037% |
| 1991 | #1,021 | 112 | 0.0055% |
| 1990 | #826 | 153 | 0.0074% |
| 1989 | #747 | 176 | 0.0088% |
| 1988 | #665 | 203 | 0.0106% |
| 1987 | #771 | 143 | 0.0077% |
| 1986 | #1,376 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1985 | #1,046 | 78 | 0.0042% |
| 1984 | #1,129 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 1983 | #1,324 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 1982 | #1,303 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1981 | #1,932 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1980 | #2,097 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1979 | #1,657 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1978 | #1,164 | 59 | 0.0036% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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