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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #7 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 24 boysAKMaine: #10 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 47 boysMEVermont: #7 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 35 boysVTNew Hampshire: #10 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 43 boysNHWashington: #5 for boys · 716 births · 1 in 29 boysWAIdaho: #8 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 41 boysIDMontana: #10 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 37 boysMTNorth Dakota: #16 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 64 boysNDMinnesota: #8 for boys · 735 births · 1 in 34 boysMNIllinois: #7 for boys · 1,939 births · 1 in 34 boysILWisconsin: #7 for boys · 954 births · 1 in 30 boysWIMichigan: #8 for boys · 1,753 births · 1 in 30 boysMINew York: #7 for boys · 3,633 births · 1 in 31 boysNYMassachusetts: #10 for boys · 859 births · 1 in 43 boysMARhode Island: #10 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 41 boysRIOregon: #6 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 29 boysORNevada: #5 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 22 boysNVWyoming: #13 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 49 boysWYSouth Dakota: #14 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 51 boysSDIowa: #9 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 35 boysIAIndiana: #8 for boys · 1,106 births · 1 in 29 boysINOhio: #8 for boys · 1,762 births · 1 in 36 boysOHPennsylvania: #11 for boys · 1,826 births · 1 in 45 boysPANew Jersey: #8 for boys · 908 births · 1 in 39 boysNJConnecticut: #10 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 42 boysCTCalifornia: #5 for boys · 3,202 births · 1 in 28 boysCAUtah: #5 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 34 boysUTColorado: #8 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 39 boysCONebraska: #12 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 45 boysNEMissouri: #10 for boys · 825 births · 1 in 38 boysMOKentucky: #18 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 73 boysKYWest Virginia: #14 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 61 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 86 boysVAMaryland: #12 for boys · 423 births · 1 in 44 boysMDDelaware: #12 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 48 boysDEArizona: #11 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 55 boysAZNew Mexico: #17 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 84 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 43 boysKSArkansas: #24 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 108 boysARTennessee: #23 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 102 boysTNNorth Carolina: #22 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 107 boysNCSouth Carolina: #21 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 105 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #6 for boys · 348 births · 1 in 29 boysDCOklahoma: #15 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 61 boysOKLouisiana: #12 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 68 boysLAMississippi: #32 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 147 boysMSAlabama: #25 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 121 boysALGeorgia: #24 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 117 boysGAHawaii: #4 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 36 boysHITexas: #11 for boys · 1,128 births · 1 in 68 boysTXFlorida: #9 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 52 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#4 · 1 in 36
  2. Nevada#5 · 1 in 22
  3. California#5 · 1 in 28
  4. Washington#5 · 1 in 29
  5. Utah#5 · 1 in 34

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#41411 in 36
California#53,2021 in 28
Nevada#5511 in 22
Utah#52061 in 34
Washington#57161 in 29
District of Columbia#63481 in 29
Oregon#63831 in 29
Alaska#7201 in 24
Illinois#71,9391 in 34
New York#73,6331 in 31
Vermont#7781 in 35
Wisconsin#79541 in 30
Colorado#82821 in 39
Idaho#81141 in 41
Indiana#81,1061 in 29
Michigan#81,7531 in 30
Minnesota#87351 in 34
New Jersey#89081 in 39
Ohio#81,7621 in 36
Florida#94501 in 52
Iowa#95861 in 35
Connecticut#103661 in 42
Maine#101551 in 47
Massachusetts#108591 in 43
Missouri#108251 in 38
Montana#101211 in 37
New Hampshire#10861 in 43
Rhode Island#101481 in 41
Arizona#111231 in 55
Kansas#113561 in 43
Pennsylvania#111,8261 in 45
Texas#111,1281 in 68
Delaware#12511 in 48
Louisiana#123751 in 68
Maryland#124231 in 44
Nebraska#122471 in 45
Wyoming#13421 in 49
South Dakota#141021 in 51
West Virginia#142981 in 61
Oklahoma#153331 in 61
North Dakota#16871 in 64
New Mexico#17781 in 84
Virginia#173371 in 86
Kentucky#183771 in 73
South Carolina#212201 in 105
North Carolina#223861 in 107
Tennessee#233001 in 102
Arkansas#241741 in 108
Georgia#242981 in 117
Alabama#252591 in 121
Mississippi#321551 in 147

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 1945

girls
#583
158 births · 1 in 8,273 girls
boys
#9
29,902 births · 1 in 45 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #583Michael158

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 8,273 of them was named Michael, which outranked 88.9% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #577Letha160
  2. #577Terrie160
  3. #582Odessa159
  4. #583Michael158
  5. #584Madeleine157
  6. #585Carmela156
  7. #585Mercedes156
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 799Lauren#1,153 → #354
  2. ↑ 707Amber#1,661 → #954
  3. ↑ 648Laureen#1,315 → #667
  4. ↑ 630Deidre#1,609 → #979
  5. ↑ 623Candice#1,364 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
  5. ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213

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

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 45 of them was named Michael, which outranked 99.8% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #6David37,110
  2. #7Charles32,469
  3. #8Thomas31,874
  4. #9Michael29,902
  5. #10Ronald23,665
  6. #11Larry22,824
  7. #12Donald22,138
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. ↑ 527Delano#1,085 → #558
  2. ↑ 499Dane#1,235 → #736
  3. ↑ 385Eusebio#1,328 → #943
  4. ↑ 371Erick#1,235 → #864
  5. ↑ 311Gerardo#1,282 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 479Joan#870 → #1,349
  2. ↓ 408Kit#841 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 392Llewellyn#935 → #1,327
  4. ↓ 361Valentine#888 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 321Hilario#906 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945 →