Mihail is a distinctive choice, ranked #1758 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Mihail in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1758
About the Name Mihail
Mihail has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 327 places in five years. It was most popular in 2019 at #1001 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2007.
Mihail is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Mihail
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Mihail per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mihail in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mihail has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 327 places in the last five years. Its peak was #1001 in 2019. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Mihail is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Mihail include: Mihail Titow — Mihail Titow is a Turkmenistani professional footballer who plays for Ozgon and Turkmenistan as forward.; Mihail Gherasimencov — Mihail Gherasimencov is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Moldova...; Mihail Dudaš — Mihail Dudaš is a Serbian decathlete and heptathlete..
Mihail does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mihails in the wild.
14
UK babies named Mihail (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 327 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mihail
Likely around 1 other Mihail in the class
UK Popularity (2007–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Mihail
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Mihail Gherasimencov is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the Moldova national team.
Mihail Mikhailovich Chemiakin or Shemyakin is a Russian-American painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist art tradition of St. Petersburg.
Mihail Tsvetanov Leshtarski, known as The Killer from the Cave (Bulgarian: Убиецът от пещерата), is a Bulgarian thief, robber, murderer and suspected serial killer. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 59-year-old Elena Tomova in Vlado Trichkov, and is suspected of murdering at least four other pensioners from 2009 to 2011.
Marian Cucchiaroni Mihail is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Super League club PSBS Biak. An attack-minded right-back, Mihail spent almost his entire 17-year professional career in the top flight of Romanian football (SuperLiga), with Sportul Studentesc Bucharest.
Mihail Manoilescu was a Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician and memoirist, who served as Foreign Minister of Romania during the summer of 1940. An active promoter of and contributor to fascist ideology and antisemitic sentiment, he was a financial backer of the Iron Guard in the late 1930s.
Mihail Kogălniceanu (Romanian pronunciation: [mihaˈil koɡəlniˈtʃe̯anu] ; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He was several times Interior Minister under Cuza and Carol.