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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #1 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 27 boysAKMaine: #6 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 40 boysMEVermont: #1 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 29 boysVTNew Hampshire: #1 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 30 boysNHWashington: #1 for boys · 902 births · 1 in 40 boysWAIdaho: #4 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 46 boysIDMontana: #1 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 37 boysMTNorth Dakota: #1 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 32 boysNDMinnesota: #1 for boys · 908 births · 1 in 33 boysMNIllinois: #1 for boys · 2,864 births · 1 in 30 boysILWisconsin: #1 for boys · 928 births · 1 in 34 boysWIMichigan: #1 for boys · 2,066 births · 1 in 32 boysMINew York: #1 for boys · 5,207 births · 1 in 25 boysNYMassachusetts: #1 for boys · 1,805 births · 1 in 23 boysMARhode Island: #1 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 21 boysRIOregon: #1 for boys · 474 births · 1 in 41 boysORNevada: #1 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 33 boysNVWyoming: #1 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 31 boysWYSouth Dakota: #4 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 45 boysSDIowa: #3 for boys · 458 births · 1 in 38 boysIAIndiana: #1 for boys · 1,056 births · 1 in 37 boysINOhio: #1 for boys · 2,431 births · 1 in 32 boysOHPennsylvania: #1 for boys · 2,763 births · 1 in 28 boysPANew Jersey: #1 for boys · 2,532 births · 1 in 21 boysNJConnecticut: #1 for boys · 901 births · 1 in 23 boysCTCalifornia: #1 for boys · 6,637 births · 1 in 43 boysCAUtah: #2 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 42 boysUTColorado: #1 for boys · 744 births · 1 in 33 boysCONebraska: #2 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 36 boysNEMissouri: #1 for boys · 1,015 births · 1 in 36 boysMOKentucky: #4 for boys · 613 births · 1 in 40 boysKYWest Virginia: #2 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 34 boysWVVirginia: #1 for boys · 1,321 births · 1 in 32 boysVAMaryland: #1 for boys · 1,141 births · 1 in 28 boysMDDelaware: #1 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 23 boysDEArizona: #1 for boys · 850 births · 1 in 37 boysAZNew Mexico: #1 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 40 boysNMKansas: #3 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 44 boysKSArkansas: #3 for boys · 351 births · 1 in 41 boysARTennessee: #3 for boys · 897 births · 1 in 39 boysTNNorth Carolina: #3 for boys · 1,260 births · 1 in 37 boysNCSouth Carolina: #3 for boys · 611 births · 1 in 37 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #1 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 30 boysDCOklahoma: #1 for boys · 514 births · 1 in 40 boysOKLouisiana: #3 for boys · 626 births · 1 in 49 boysLAMississippi: #3 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 41 boysMSAlabama: #5 for boys · 626 births · 1 in 42 boysALGeorgia: #2 for boys · 1,264 births · 1 in 39 boysGAHawaii: #2 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 39 boysHITexas: #1 for boys · 3,265 births · 1 in 47 boysTXFlorida: #1 for boys · 2,908 births · 1 in 30 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#1 · 1 in 21
  2. Rhode Island#1 · 1 in 21
  3. Massachusetts#1 · 1 in 23
  4. Delaware#1 · 1 in 23
  5. Connecticut#1 · 1 in 23

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#11591 in 27
Arizona#18501 in 37
California#16,6371 in 43
Colorado#17441 in 33
Connecticut#19011 in 23
Delaware#11911 in 23
District of Columbia#12471 in 30
Florida#12,9081 in 30
Illinois#12,8641 in 30
Indiana#11,0561 in 37
Maryland#11,1411 in 28
Massachusetts#11,8051 in 23
Michigan#12,0661 in 32
Minnesota#19081 in 33
Missouri#11,0151 in 36
Montana#11201 in 37
Nevada#12711 in 33
New Hampshire#12291 in 30
New Jersey#12,5321 in 21
New Mexico#12931 in 40
New York#15,2071 in 25
North Dakota#11281 in 32
Ohio#12,4311 in 32
Oklahoma#15141 in 40
Oregon#14741 in 41
Pennsylvania#12,7631 in 28
Rhode Island#13041 in 21
Texas#13,2651 in 47
Vermont#11051 in 29
Virginia#11,3211 in 32
Washington#19021 in 40
Wisconsin#19281 in 34
Wyoming#1741 in 31
Georgia#21,2641 in 39
Hawaii#21761 in 39
Nebraska#22831 in 36
Utah#23931 in 42
West Virginia#23051 in 34
Arkansas#33511 in 41
Iowa#34581 in 38
Kansas#33651 in 44
Louisiana#36261 in 49
Mississippi#33991 in 41
North Carolina#31,2601 in 37
South Carolina#36111 in 37
Tennessee#38971 in 39
Idaho#41561 in 46
Kentucky#46131 in 40
South Dakota#4991 in 45
Alabama#56261 in 42
Maine#61751 in 40

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 1992

girls
#789
258 births · 1 in 7,147 girls
boys
#1
54,410 births · 1 in 37 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #789Michael258

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 7,147 of them was named Michael, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #786Abbie260
  2. #787Heaven259
  3. #787Tamika259
  4. #789Michael258
  5. #790Corey257
  6. #791Tiffanie256
  7. #792Hailee255
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 37 of them was named Michael, which outranked 100.0% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →