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How popular is the name Mikael?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mikaels are alive today.
Mikael (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 578th in 2025 with 67 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2022, when 91 babies were given the name, the 444th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Mikael you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Mikaels born in England and Wales are between 4 and 14, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Mikael - on average, only one in every 303 such rooms contains a Mikael.
How many babies are named Mikael each year?
Where does Mikael rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mikael most popular?
Mikael peaked in 2022, when 91 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mikael?
At least 1,000 people named Mikael born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mikael?
Most living Mikaels are between 4 and 14; the most common age is about 4.
Is Mikael becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.