Michael

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #21 for boys in 2025, 8,094 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1
1957 · 92,781 births
Debut · boys
1880
354 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,426,753
since 1880

Michael over time

boys

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #1, 1957boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#218,094
2024#6,93216#188,229
2023#5,96020#168,430
2022#6,22919#168,895
2021#4,83327#179,150
2020#5,16824#129,833
2019#4,26033#1410,619
2018#6,01020#1411,756
2017#4,22034#1212,726
2016#4,25034#814,145
2015#4,06936#914,504
2014#4,17835#715,505
2013#3,84939#715,544
2012#5,11427#716,211
2011#4,07236#616,823
2010#4,02337#317,387
2009#3,56145#318,964
2008#3,08455#220,652
2007#3,24752#222,027
2006#2,75764#222,653
2005#2,73161#223,828
2004#1,404148#225,470
2003#1,92594#227,129
2002#1,86695#228,258
2001#1,83396#229,689
2000#1,558114#232,045
1999#1,422123#233,915
1998#1,359128#136,618
1997#1,249142#137,562
1996#1,155157#138,373
1995#1,067167#141,409
1994#965192#144,477
1993#870223#149,571
1992#789258#154,410
1991#769267#160,810
1990#747277#165,321
1989#594363#165,415
1988#472480#164,171
1987#410544#163,664
1986#392590#164,235
1985#419531#164,934
1984#419508#167,735
1983#385577#168,004
1982#403576#168,216
1981#439487#168,750
1980#409546#168,683
1979#393554#167,713
1978#384545#167,127
1977#378560#167,587
1976#398515#166,915
1975#373557#168,418
1974#392525#167,534
1973#431451#167,797
1972#431452#171,393
1971#448459#177,577
1970#461457#185,266
1969#449459#185,162
1968#440471#181,968
1967#494373#182,411
1966#509346#179,985
1965#504355#180,992
1964#565303#182,617
1963#501376#183,771
1962#519356#185,059
1961#546324#186,974
1960#547316#284,153
1959#587285#185,294
1958#572295#190,604
1957#611255#192,781
1956#620238#190,691
1955#577250#188,355
1954#616217#188,568
1953#581232#384,198
1952#644190#479,037
1951#668172#472,807
1950#640179#465,136
1949#602188#560,047
1948#637170#652,566
1947#635173#750,506
1946#611169#741,194
1945#583158#929,902
1944#562168#926,717
1943#550188#1024,745
1942#593156#1321,728
1941#71397#1615,935
1940#79080#1813,228
1939#76381#1810,828
1938#93158#219,077
1937#1,03547#277,094
1936#1,11540#335,800
1935#1,26432#414,906
1934#1,69720#474,108
1933#1,44226#533,549
1932#1,75420#543,607
1931#1,54924#553,489
1930#1,25136#543,543
1929#1,30633#543,464
1928#1,33833#533,598
1927#1,52329#523,605
1926#1,41432#563,485
1925#1,37634#553,761
1924#1,35436#543,874
1923#1,52029#503,915
1922#1,46431#483,990
1921#1,76524#474,198
1920#1,81622#504,003
1919#1,64924#463,909
1918#1,41130#454,296
1917#2,55212#444,288
1916#1,86718#444,210
1915#2,14314#434,079
1914#1,66516#403,362
1913#1,76612#402,607
1912#2,1448#422,104
1911#1,9567#381,159
1910#1,6349#45844
1909#1,7637#47635
1908—#44688
1907—#48586
1906#1,9515#46531
1905—#45513
1904—#50462
1903—#47466
1902—#48460
1901—#52384
1900—#51495
1899—#51375
1898—#51434
1897#1,2637#57368
1896—#53399
1895—#52413
1894—#50423
1893—#49407
1892—#59380
1891—#54333
1890—#48394
1889—#51377
1888—#46466
1887—#48344
1886—#53348
1885—#46370
1884—#51373
1883—#55307
1882—#57321
1881—#54298
1880—#46354
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Michael was already there! It came in at #46, and was given to 354 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 380 boys a year got the name.

Where Michael is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedAKMaine: #137 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 751 boysMEVermont: #76 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 328 boysVTNew Hampshire: #76 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 414 boysNHWashington: #66 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 291 boysWAIdaho: #99 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 373 boysIDMontana: #88 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 348 boysMTNorth Dakota: #105 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 436 boysNDMinnesota: #63 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 279 boysMNIllinois: #38 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 192 boysILWisconsin: #63 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 297 boysWIMichigan: #57 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 268 boysMINew York: #16 for boys · 1,027 births · 1 in 81 boysNYMassachusetts: #37 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 163 boysMARhode Island: #27 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 104 boysRIOregon: #71 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 283 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedNVWyoming: #80 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 297 boysWYSouth Dakota: #101 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 404 boysSDIowa: #118 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 603 boysIAIndiana: #86 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 489 boysINOhio: #62 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 326 boysOHPennsylvania: #28 for boys · 535 births · 1 in 129 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 90 boysNJConnecticut: #19 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 80 boysCTCalifornia: #46 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 210 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedUTColorado: #97 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 384 boysCONebraska: #97 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 409 boysNEMissouri: #108 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 581 boysMOKentucky: #232 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,901 boysKYWest Virginia: #167 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,058 boysWVVirginia: #246 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,132 boysVAMaryland: #51 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 263 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedDEArizona: #124 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 509 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedNMKansas: #163 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,018 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedARTennessee: #394 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,843 boysTNNorth Carolina: #336 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,655 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Michael, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #39 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 188 boysDCOklahoma: #314 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,125 boysOKLouisiana: #149 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 763 boysLAMississippi: #315 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,676 boysMSAlabama: #239 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,829 boysALGeorgia: #279 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,699 boysGAHawaii: #62 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 302 boysHITexas: #219 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,164 boysTXFlorida: #199 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,220 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#16 · 1 in 81
  2. Connecticut#19 · 1 in 80
  3. New Jersey#19 · 1 in 90
  4. Rhode Island#27 · 1 in 104
  5. Pennsylvania#28 · 1 in 129

Best ever in a state: #1 in Hawaii, 1948.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#161,0271 in 81
Connecticut#191181 in 80
New Jersey#192711 in 90
Rhode Island#27401 in 104
Pennsylvania#285351 in 129
Massachusetts#371701 in 163
Illinois#382571 in 192
District of Columbia#39201 in 188
California#461621 in 210
Maryland#51421 in 263
Michigan#571331 in 268
Hawaii#62101 in 302
Ohio#621321 in 326
Minnesota#63691 in 279
Wisconsin#63751 in 297
Washington#66301 in 291
Oregon#71181 in 283
New Hampshire#7671 in 414
Vermont#7671 in 328
Wyoming#8051 in 297
Indiana#86451 in 489
Montana#88101 in 348
Colorado#97201 in 384
Nebraska#97251 in 409
Idaho#9991 in 373
South Dakota#101131 in 404
North Dakota#105131 in 436
Missouri#108461 in 581
Iowa#118301 in 603
Arizona#12471 in 509
Maine#13781 in 751
Louisiana#149231 in 763
Kansas#163131 in 1,018
West Virginia#167151 in 1,058
Florida#19991 in 1,220
Texas#219461 in 1,164
Kentucky#232131 in 1,901
Alabama#239141 in 1,829
Virginia#246101 in 2,132
Georgia#279101 in 2,699
Oklahoma#31471 in 3,125
Mississippi#31571 in 2,676
North Carolina#33691 in 3,655
Tennessee#39451 in 4,843
Alaska———
Arkansas———
Delaware———
Nevada———
New Mexico———
South Carolina———
Utah———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Michael
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#18 → #21)
  • 9 spots since 2020 (#12 → #21)
  • 12 spots since 2015 (#9 → #21)
  • Biggest jump: 10 spots in 1893 (#59 → #49)
  • Biggest drop: 8 spots in 1881 (#46 → #54)
Rise & fade · boys
77 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1957 at #1 (92,781 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 37 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: 74 yrs · run 1943–2016
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21
  • Highest: 1 in 21 boys born in 1969 were named Michael (4.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 211 boys born in 2025 (0.47%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 1957, was only 1 in 23 (4.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Michael (837,471) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,558#46 (1888)#51
1890s3,926#48 (1890)#52
1900s5,220#44 (1908)#48
1910s30,858#38 (1911)#43
1920s37,893#47 (1921)#52
1930s56,001#18 (1939)#40
1940s336,568#5 (1949)#10
1950s837,471#1 (1957)#2
1960s833,092#1 (1961)#1
1970s707,327#1 (1970)#1
1980s663,807#1 (1981)#1
1990s462,466#1 (1990)#1
2000s250,715#2 (2000)#2
2010s145,220#3 (2010)#9
2020s52,631#12 (2020)#17

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.

Michael in 1933

girls
#1,442
26 births · 1 in 38,767 girls
boys
#53
3,549 births · 1 in 279 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #1,442Michael26

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #53Michael3,549
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 38,767 of them was named Michael, which outranked 70.3% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #1,400Shelia27
  2. #1,400Tiny27
  3. #1,400Wilhelmenia27
  4. #1,442Michael26
  5. #1,442Alison26
  6. #1,442Anthony26
  7. #1,442Berenice26
  8. #1,470Allean25
  9. #1,470Ammie25
  10. #1,470Annalee25

Tied with 27 names at #1,442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 279 of them was named Michael, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #50Ernest3,674
  2. #51Melvin3,588
  3. #52Wayne3,562
  4. #53Michael3,549
  5. #54Don3,453
  6. #55Stanley3,432
  7. #56Leroy3,357
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →