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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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.

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 1978

girls
#2,801
29 births · 1 in 52,823 girls
boys
#144
1,829 births · 1 in 898 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #2,801Miguel29

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #144Miguel1,829
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 52,823 of them was named Miguel, which outranked 75.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miguel
  1. #2,741Tinesha30
  2. #2,741Vania30
  3. #2,741Vasiliki30
  4. #2,801Miguel29
  5. #2,801Adelaida29
  6. #2,801Akisha29
  7. #2,801Araseli29
  8. #2,859Aislinn28
  9. #2,859Alessandra28
  10. #2,859Allana28

Tied with 57 names at #2,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 898 of them was named Miguel, which outranked 97.9% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miguel
  1. #141Arthur1,874
  2. #142Manuel1,849
  3. #142Shannon1,849
  4. #144Miguel1,829
  5. #145Allen1,828
  6. #146Albert1,803
  7. #147Roy1,795
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978