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
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 4,673 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 190,566since 1880
Miguel 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 | — | #212 | 1,661 | |
| 2024 | — | #189 | 1,931 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #194 | 1,895 |
| 2022 | — | #185 | 2,040 | |
| 2021 | — | #196 | 1,950 | |
| 2020 | — | #189 | 2,053 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #178 | 2,185 |
| 2018 | — | #179 | 2,185 | |
| 2017 | — | #176 | 2,280 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #163 | 2,507 |
| 2015 | — | #161 | 2,573 | |
| 2014 | — | #147 | 2,757 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #135 | 2,888 |
| 2012 | — | #131 | 2,942 | |
| 2011 | — | #126 | 3,169 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #113 | 3,457 |
| 2009 | — | #100 | 4,174 | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #101 | 4,450 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #94 | 4,906 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #89 | 4,903 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #93 | 4,677 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #96 | 4,525 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #95 | 4,592 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #89 | 4,644 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #87 | 4,558 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #86 | 4,673 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #91 | 4,207 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #90 | 4,256 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #91 | 4,234 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #91 | 4,160 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #94 | 3,953 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #94 | 4,033 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 | #88 | 4,349 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | #90 | 4,173 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #92 | 3,948 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | #101 | 3,696 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #108 | 3,083 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #111 | 2,735 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | #110 | 2,637 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #111 | 2,578 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | #113 | 2,525 |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | #113 | 2,419 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #114 | 2,378 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | #110 | 2,630 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #116 | 2,400 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 | #127 | 2,177 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #137 | 1,960 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #144 | 1,829 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #145 | 1,756 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #143 | 1,758 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #148 | 1,657 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #147 | 1,658 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #163 | 1,461 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | #174 | 1,421 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #180 | 1,472 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #197 | 1,344 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #198 | 1,304 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #212 | 1,107 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #216 | 1,056 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #220 | 1,017 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 | #238 | 951 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #249 | 951 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #260 | 881 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #259 | 871 |
| 1961 | — | #273 | 827 | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #279 | 818 |
| 1959 | — | #281 | 799 | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #275 | 771 |
| 1957 | — | #278 | 742 | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #284 | 668 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #288 | 613 |
| 1954 | — | #285 | 610 | |
| 1953 | — | #304 | 545 | |
| 1952 | — | #315 | 511 | |
| 1951 | — | #322 | 464 | |
| 1950 | — | #323 | 443 | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #353 | 368 |
| 1948 | — | #343 | 383 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #403 | 292 |
| 1946 | — | #397 | 262 | |
| 1945 | — | #398 | 226 | |
| 1944 | — | #409 | 216 | |
| 1943 | — | #424 | 214 | |
| 1942 | — | #455 | 183 | |
| 1941 | — | #459 | 166 | |
| 1940 | — | #443 | 170 | |
| 1939 | — | #454 | 161 | |
| 1938 | — | #492 | 139 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #453 | 155 | |
| 1935 | — | #472 | 145 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #455 | 153 |
| 1933 | — | #402 | 179 | |
| 1932 | — | #427 | 171 | |
| 1931 | — | #408 | 189 | |
| 1930 | — | #382 | 221 | |
| 1929 | — | #362 | 245 | |
| 1928 | — | #396 | 226 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #428 | 201 |
| 1926 | — | #434 | 195 | |
| 1925 | — | #430 | 191 | |
| 1924 | — | #443 | 191 | |
| 1923 | — | #463 | 175 | |
| 1922 | — | #485 | 161 | |
| 1921 | — | #553 | 128 | |
| 1920 | — | #545 | 127 | |
| 1919 | — | #508 | 137 | |
| 1918 | — | #608 | 102 | |
| 1917 | — | #571 | 107 | |
| 1916 | — | #617 | 89 | |
| 1915 | — | #550 | 104 | |
| 1914 | — | #609 | 68 | |
| 1913 | — | #552 | 61 | |
| 1912 | — | #592 | 47 | |
| 1911 | — | #489 | 36 | |
| 1910 | — | #492 | 32 | |
| 1909 | — | #636 | 18 | |
| 1908 | — | #513 | 24 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #460 | 21 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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.
See more about Miguel
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2000 at #86 (4,673 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1991–2007
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1889–2025
- 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
- 24.2% of all boys named Miguel (46,102) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #512 (1886) | #595 |
| 1890s | 121 | #497 (1892) | #616 |
| 1900s | 192 | #430 (1905) | #530 |
| 1910s | 783 | #489 (1911) | #559 |
| 1920s | 1,840 | #362 (1929) | #454 |
| 1930s | 1,656 | #382 (1930) | #442 |
| 1940s | 2,480 | #343 (1948) | #408 |
| 1950s | 6,166 | #275 (1958) | #296 |
| 1960s | 9,783 | #198 (1969) | #240 |
| 1970s | 16,316 | #137 (1979) | #158 |
| 1980s | 25,562 | #108 (1989) | #113 |
| 1990s | 41,009 | #88 (1993) | #92 |
| 2000s | 46,102 | #86 (2000) | #93 |
| 2010s | 26,943 | #113 (2010) | #151 |
| 2020s | 11,530 | #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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 95,822 of them was named Miguel, which outranked 62.6% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,069Yaisa17
- #4,069Yocheved17
- #4,069Yolando17
- #4,235Miguel16
- #4,235Akila16
- #4,235Albert16
- #4,235Aleesha16
- #4,425Abra15
- #4,425Adrean15
- #4,425Adrina15
Tied with 189 names at #4,235; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 936 of them was named Miguel, which outranked 97.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.