Miguel

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #212 for boys in 2025, 1,661 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 4,673 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
190,566
since 1880

Miguel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #86, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2121,661
2024—#1891,931
2023#15,1945#1941,895
2022—#1852,040
2021—#1961,950
2020—#1892,053
2019#15,5395#1782,185
2018—#1792,185
2017—#1762,280
2016#16,2155#1632,507
2015—#1612,573
2014—#1472,757
2013#14,5826#1352,888
2012—#1312,942
2011—#1263,169
2010#13,4487#1133,457
2009—#1004,174
2008#7,07318#1014,450
2007#12,6768#944,906
2006#13,6067#894,903
2005#8,88312#934,677
2004#7,82814#964,525
2003#9,67110#954,592
2002#6,39217#894,644
2001#6,95615#874,558
2000#5,49120#864,673
1999#6,19116#914,207
1998#5,79917#904,256
1997#6,48314#914,234
1996#4,30624#914,160
1995#3,58530#943,953
1994#3,53631#944,033
1993#3,29034#884,349
1992#2,86941#904,173
1991#3,44331#923,948
1990#3,02237#1013,696
1989#4,12123#1083,083
1988#3,69025#1112,735
1987#2,85234#1102,637
1986#4,34718#1112,578
1985#3,00830#1132,525
1984#2,62535#1132,419
1983#2,65933#1142,378
1982#3,53023#1102,630
1981#4,34417#1162,400
1980#2,94030#1272,177
1979#3,66821#1371,960
1978#2,80129#1441,829
1977#4,23516#1451,756
1976#3,28721#1431,758
1975#4,14115#1481,657
1974#6,9007#1471,658
1973#4,15514#1631,461
1972#3,06221#1741,421
1971#3,78916#1801,472
1970#4,76111#1971,344
1969#3,77414#1981,304
1968#3,78913#2121,107
1967#6,8045#2161,056
1966#5,8096#2201,017
1965#3,95211#238951
1964#4,6369#249951
1963#5,2967#260881
1962#5,2937#259871
1961—#273827
1960#4,18410#279818
1959—#281799
1958#4,5208#275771
1957—#278742
1956#3,18614#284668
1955#5,2086#288613
1954—#285610
1953—#304545
1952—#315511
1951—#322464
1950—#323443
1949#4,2357#353368
1948—#343383
1947#5,2955#403292
1946—#397262
1945—#398226
1944—#409216
1943—#424214
1942—#455183
1941—#459166
1940—#443170
1939—#454161
1938—#492139
1937—#472143
1936—#453155
1935—#472145
1934#4,2865#455153
1933—#402179
1932—#427171
1931—#408189
1930—#382221
1929—#362245
1928—#396226
1927#4,2866#428201
1926—#434195
1925—#430191
1924—#443191
1923—#463175
1922—#485161
1921—#553128
1920—#545127
1919—#508137
1918—#608102
1917—#571107
1916—#61789
1915—#550104
1914—#60968
1913—#55261
1912—#59247
1911—#48936
1910—#49232
1909—#63618
1908—#51324
1907—#55919
1906—#52319
1905—#43025
1904—#51518
1903—#50518
1902—#46021
1901—#55913
1900—#60317
1899—#52114
1898—#61113
1897—#55614
1896—#9007
1895—#50116
1894—#56713
1893—#57212
1892—#49716
1891—#7667
1890—#6679
1889—#7228
1888——
1887——
1886—#51213
1885—#60410
1884—#6639
1883—#52712
1882—#61110
1881—#5959
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Miguel was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Miguel is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Miguel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#189 → #212)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#189 → #212)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#161 → #212)
  • Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1897 (#900 → #556)
  • Biggest drop: 399 spots in 1896 (#501 → #900)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2000 at #86 (4,673 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1991–2007
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1889–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 418
  • Highest: 1 in 418 boys born in 2002 were named Miguel (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,028 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
  • Its best rank, #86 in 2000, was only 1 in 420 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 24.2% of all boys named Miguel (46,102) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s83#512 (1886)#595
1890s121#497 (1892)#616
1900s192#430 (1905)#530
1910s783#489 (1911)#559
1920s1,840#362 (1929)#454
1930s1,656#382 (1930)#442
1940s2,480#343 (1948)#408
1950s6,166#275 (1958)#296
1960s9,783#198 (1969)#240
1970s16,316#137 (1979)#158
1980s25,562#108 (1989)#113
1990s41,009#88 (1993)#92
2000s46,102#86 (2000)#93
2010s26,943#113 (2010)#151
2020s11,530#185 (2022)#194

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.

Miguel in 1909

boys
#636
18 births · 1 in 9,111 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #636Miguel18
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 9,111 of them was named Miguel, which outranked 62.1% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miguel
  1. #615Sigmund19
  2. #615Smith19
  3. #615Wellington19
  4. #636Miguel18
  5. #636Alvis18
  6. #636Billy18
  7. #636Casper18
  8. #653Alberto17
  9. #653Albin17
  10. #653Alma17

Tied with 16 names at #636; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →