Micheil
Micheil is a name with a single cultural origin: Scottish Gaelic.
- Scottish Gaelic
Meaning & Origin of Micheil
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Micheil is a name with a single cultural origin: Scottish Gaelic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish Gaelic
The Story of Micheil
American parents first put Micheil on the record books as a baby boy name in 1972, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 8 Micheils were born — ranking #4,853 that year. About 59% of every Micheil on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Micheil last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 61 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Micheil
Micheil is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 61 births in the dataset. Micheil's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #4,853. Use the chart and map above to compare Micheil's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.