Micheal
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · #1,401 for boys in 2025, 130 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 4,732 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 154,719since 1880
Micheal over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,401 | 130 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,332 | 144 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,244 | 156 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,300 | 146 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,152 | 174 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,046 | 193 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,127 | 173 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,012 | 204 | |
| 2017 | — | #885 | 243 | |
| 2016 | — | #897 | 242 | |
| 2015 | — | #838 | 268 | |
| 2014 | — | #810 | 281 | |
| 2013 | — | #685 | 349 | |
| 2012 | — | #658 | 360 | |
| 2011 | — | #591 | 423 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #548 | 461 |
| 2009 | — | #502 | 540 | |
| 2008 | — | #475 | 584 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #435 | 647 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #417 | 690 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #407 | 684 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #390 | 695 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #356 | 771 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #347 | 791 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #322 | 875 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #302 | 994 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #279 | 1,055 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #271 | 1,053 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #265 | 1,068 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #262 | 1,068 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #247 | 1,156 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #233 | 1,273 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #226 | 1,308 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #208 | 1,484 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #192 | 1,635 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #175 | 1,771 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #164 | 1,833 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #156 | 1,785 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | #159 | 1,765 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | #153 | 1,769 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 | #155 | 1,758 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | #149 | 1,833 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | #140 | 1,909 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 | #148 | 1,908 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #136 | 2,023 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 | #132 | 2,152 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | #127 | 2,137 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 | #125 | 2,059 |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 | #122 | 2,215 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | #116 | 2,181 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | #104 | 2,441 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | #102 | 2,491 |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | #106 | 2,476 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 | #108 | 2,609 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | #124 | 2,557 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #126 | 2,632 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | #120 | 2,720 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | #114 | 2,604 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | #115 | 2,700 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | #115 | 2,647 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | #118 | 2,763 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | #112 | 3,086 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | #106 | 3,537 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | #104 | 3,772 |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | #103 | 4,017 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #105 | 4,133 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | #96 | 4,369 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #91 | 4,569 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | #85 | 4,831 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | #83 | 4,732 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #87 | 4,530 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 | #88 | 4,178 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #88 | 3,987 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #94 | 3,613 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #97 | 3,276 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #104 | 2,823 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #122 | 2,381 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #148 | 1,801 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #159 | 1,629 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #168 | 1,238 |
| 1945 | — | #173 | 951 | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #204 | 732 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #224 | 657 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #256 | 521 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #287 | 411 |
| 1940 | — | #332 | 298 | |
| 1939 | — | #358 | 245 | |
| 1938 | — | #412 | 189 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #500 | 128 | |
| 1935 | — | #505 | 129 | |
| 1934 | — | #576 | 105 | |
| 1933 | — | #572 | 101 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #540 | 118 |
| 1931 | — | #523 | 122 | |
| 1930 | — | #537 | 123 | |
| 1929 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1928 | — | #571 | 116 | |
| 1927 | — | #516 | 140 | |
| 1926 | — | #539 | 127 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #475 | 163 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #458 | 179 |
| 1923 | — | #489 | 157 | |
| 1922 | — | #559 | 128 | |
| 1921 | — | #475 | 166 | |
| 1920 | — | #459 | 174 | |
| 1919 | — | #474 | 159 | |
| 1918 | — | #422 | 190 | |
| 1917 | — | #396 | 204 | |
| 1916 | — | #414 | 181 | |
| 1915 | — | #410 | 172 | |
| 1914 | — | #435 | 123 | |
| 1913 | — | #430 | 98 | |
| 1912 | — | #510 | 59 | |
| 1911 | — | #471 | 38 | |
| 1910 | — | #569 | 25 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #430 | 19 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #381 | 20 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Micheal was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Micheal
- 69 spots since 2024 (#1,332 → #1,401)
- 355 spots since 2020 (#1,046 → #1,401)
- 563 spots since 2015 (#838 → #1,401)
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1899 (#701 → #438)
- Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1895 (#502 → #795)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1956 at #83 (4,732 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1951–1959
- Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1880–2017
- Highest: 1 in 447 boys born in 1957 were named Micheal (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #83 in 1956, was only 1 in 447 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.4% of all boys named Micheal (40,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | #381 (1880) | #506 |
| 1890s | 119 | #438 (1899) | #629 |
| 1900s | 218 | #370 (1905) | #489 |
| 1910s | 1,249 | #396 (1917) | #453 |
| 1920s | 1,460 | #458 (1924) | #511 |
| 1930s | 1,403 | #358 (1939) | #500 |
| 1940s | 10,619 | #122 (1949) | #207 |
| 1950s | 40,908 | #83 (1956) | #91 |
| 1960s | 31,979 | #103 (1961) | #111 |
| 1970s | 23,798 | #102 (1974) | #116 |
| 1980s | 18,735 | #132 (1980) | #149 |
| 1990s | 12,871 | #175 (1990) | #236 |
| 2000s | 7,271 | #302 (2000) | #395 |
| 2010s | 3,004 | #548 (2010) | #805 |
| 2020s | 943 | #1,046 (2020) | #1,246 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Micheal in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 34,094 of them was named Micheal, which outranked 83.0% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,022Shondra50
- #2,022Sirena50
- #2,022Teneshia50
- #2,047Micheal49
- #2,047Althea49
- #2,047Annabel49
- #2,047Aria49
- #2,069Adelina48
- #2,069Amiee48
- #2,069Anjali48
Tied with 21 names at #2,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 939 of them was named Micheal, which outranked 98.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.