Micael
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 731since 1948
Micael over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Micael has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
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| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
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First appearance
1948
The first year at least five boys were named Micael! It came in at #3,010, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1949, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Micael is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Micael in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,145 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1959 at #1,865 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 90,368
- Highest: 1 in 90,368 boys born in 2016 were named Micael (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,865 in 1959, was only 1 in 112,343 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 15.3% of all boys named Micael (112) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #3,010 (1948) | #3,010 |
| 1950s | 101 | #1,865 (1959) | #2,646 |
| 1960s | 110 | #2,205 (1964) | #2,623 |
| 1970s | 91 | #2,659 (1972) | #3,543 |
| 1980s | 112 | #2,684 (1986) | #3,794 |
| 1990s | 93 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,072 |
| 2000s | 100 | #5,390 (2001) | #7,585 |
| 2010s | 69 | #4,624 (2016) | #8,460 |
| 2020s | 48 | #7,765 (2024) | #9,034 |
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.
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