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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #1 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 24 boysAKMaine: #2 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 25 boysMEVermont: #2 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 21 boysVTNew Hampshire: #2 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 22 boysNHWashington: #2 for boys · 991 births · 1 in 26 boysWAIdaho: #1 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 29 boysIDMontana: #1 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 25 boysMTNorth Dakota: #2 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 26 boysNDMinnesota: #1 for boys · 1,199 births · 1 in 24 boysMNIllinois: #1 for boys · 3,802 births · 1 in 21 boysILWisconsin: #2 for boys · 1,423 births · 1 in 23 boysWIMichigan: #1 for boys · 3,029 births · 1 in 21 boysMINew York: #1 for boys · 6,013 births · 1 in 19 boysNYMassachusetts: #1 for boys · 1,997 births · 1 in 17 boysMARhode Island: #1 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 14 boysRIOregon: #1 for boys · 622 births · 1 in 28 boysORNevada: #1 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 19 boysNVWyoming: #1 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 22 boysWYSouth Dakota: #2 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 25 boysSDIowa: #2 for boys · 826 births · 1 in 26 boysIAIndiana: #2 for boys · 1,763 births · 1 in 23 boysINOhio: #1 for boys · 3,640 births · 1 in 21 boysOHPennsylvania: #1 for boys · 4,204 births · 1 in 18 boysPANew Jersey: #1 for boys · 2,548 births · 1 in 16 boysNJConnecticut: #1 for boys · 947 births · 1 in 17 boysCTCalifornia: #1 for boys · 6,318 births · 1 in 26 boysCAUtah: #1 for boys · 616 births · 1 in 28 boysUTColorado: #1 for boys · 769 births · 1 in 26 boysCONebraska: #2 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 28 boysNEMissouri: #1 for boys · 1,493 births · 1 in 24 boysMOKentucky: #2 for boys · 1,272 births · 1 in 22 boysKYWest Virginia: #2 for boys · 637 births · 1 in 22 boysWVVirginia: #1 for boys · 1,514 births · 1 in 21 boysVAMaryland: #1 for boys · 1,043 births · 1 in 21 boysMDDelaware: #1 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 16 boysDEArizona: #1 for boys · 715 births · 1 in 26 boysAZNew Mexico: #1 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 26 boysNMKansas: #2 for boys · 575 births · 1 in 27 boysKSArkansas: #3 for boys · 567 births · 1 in 27 boysARTennessee: #2 for boys · 1,319 births · 1 in 24 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1 for boys · 1,641 births · 1 in 23 boysNCSouth Carolina: #2 for boys · 751 births · 1 in 28 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #1 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 20 boysDCOklahoma: #1 for boys · 843 births · 1 in 24 boysOKLouisiana: #1 for boys · 1,127 births · 1 in 29 boysLAMississippi: #2 for boys · 678 births · 1 in 28 boysMSAlabama: #4 for boys · 961 births · 1 in 28 boysALGeorgia: #1 for boys · 1,615 births · 1 in 23 boysGAHawaii: #1 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 31 boysHITexas: #1 for boys · 3,937 births · 1 in 28 boysTXFlorida: #1 for boys · 2,213 births · 1 in 23 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#1 · 1 in 14
  2. Delaware#1 · 1 in 16
  3. New Jersey#1 · 1 in 16
  4. Massachusetts#1 · 1 in 17
  5. Connecticut#1 · 1 in 17

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#11331 in 24
Arizona#17151 in 26
California#16,3181 in 26
Colorado#17691 in 26
Connecticut#19471 in 17
Delaware#12171 in 16
District of Columbia#13901 in 20
Florida#12,2131 in 23
Georgia#11,6151 in 23
Hawaii#12061 in 31
Idaho#12751 in 29
Illinois#13,8021 in 21
Louisiana#11,1271 in 29
Maryland#11,0431 in 21
Massachusetts#11,9971 in 17
Michigan#13,0291 in 21
Minnesota#11,1991 in 24
Missouri#11,4931 in 24
Montana#12191 in 25
Nevada#11951 in 19
New Jersey#12,5481 in 16
New Mexico#13621 in 26
New York#16,0131 in 19
North Carolina#11,6411 in 23
Ohio#13,6401 in 21
Oklahoma#18431 in 24
Oregon#16221 in 28
Pennsylvania#14,2041 in 18
Rhode Island#13691 in 14
Texas#13,9371 in 28
Utah#16161 in 28
Virginia#11,5141 in 21
Wyoming#11361 in 22
Indiana#21,7631 in 23
Iowa#28261 in 26
Kansas#25751 in 27
Kentucky#21,2721 in 22
Maine#22811 in 25
Mississippi#26781 in 28
Nebraska#24071 in 28
New Hampshire#22501 in 22
North Dakota#22061 in 26
South Carolina#27511 in 28
South Dakota#22011 in 25
Tennessee#21,3191 in 24
Vermont#21321 in 21
Washington#29911 in 26
West Virginia#26371 in 22
Wisconsin#21,4231 in 23
Arkansas#35671 in 27
Alabama#49611 in 28

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 1977

girls
#378
560 births · 1 in 2,738 girls
boys
#1
67,587 births · 1 in 24 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #378Michael560

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,738 of them was named Michael, which outranked 96.7% 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).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #375Alma564
  2. #376Allyson562
  3. #377Lee561
  4. #378Michael560
  5. #379Elisa556
  6. #380Antoinette555
  7. #381Jeanne554
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 24 of them was named Michael, which outranked 100.0% 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).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →