Mikhail is a distinctive choice, ranked #1132 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Mikhail in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1132
About the Name Mikhail
Mikhail has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 188 places in five years. It was most popular in 2013 at #751 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Mikhail 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 Mikhail
Unlikely. With around 25 UK babies named Mikhail per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mikhail in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mikhail has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 188 places in the last five years. Its peak was #751 in 2013. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Mikhail 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 Mikhail include: Mikhail Popkov — Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov is a Russian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile who committed the sexual assault and murder of eighty-seven girls and women...; Mikhail Mishustin — Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is a Russian politician and economist serving as the prime minister of Russia since 2020.; Mikhail Pletnev — Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Плетнёв, romanized: Mikhail Vasilyevich Pletnyov; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor....
Mikhail does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mikhails in the wild.
25
UK babies named Mikhail (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 188 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mikhail
Likely around 1 other Mikhail in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988.
Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov is a Russian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile who committed the sexual assault and murder of eighty-seven girls and women between 1992 and 2011 in Angarsk, Irkutsk, in Siberia, and Vladivostok in the Russian Far East, although he has confessed to and is suspected of at least ninety in total. He is known as "the Werewolf" and "the Angarsk Maniac" for the particularly brutal nature of his crimes; he would extensively mutilate the bodies of his victims and perform sexual acts on them.
Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is a Russian politician and economist serving as the prime minister of Russia since 2020. He previously served as the director of the Federal Taxation Service from 2010 to 2020.
Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Плетнёв, romanized: Mikhail Vasilyevich Pletnyov; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (Russian: Михаил Иванович Калинин, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈ(j)iɫ kɐˈlʲinʲɪn] ; 19 November [O.S. 7 November] 1875 – 3 June 1946) was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the nominal head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 until his resignation in 1946.
Mikhail "Gorshok" Gorsheniov (Russian: Михаил "Горшок" Горшенёв, full name given at birth – Mikhail Yurievich Gorsheniov; 7 August 1973 – 19 July 2013) was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut (The King and the Jester).
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov was a Russian hydrographer and vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. From 1845 to 1850, he served as director of the Russian American Company and the governor of Russian America.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revolutionary socialist, social anarchist, and collectivist anarchist traditions.
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