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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #1 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 45 boysAKMaine: #9 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 57 boysMEVermont: #4 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 45 boysVTNew Hampshire: #5 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 47 boysNHWashington: #2 for boys · 510 births · 1 in 68 boysWAIdaho: #3 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 72 boysIDMontana: #4 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 63 boysMTNorth Dakota: #13 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 76 boysNDMinnesota: #9 for boys · 449 births · 1 in 65 boysMNIllinois: #2 for boys · 1,543 births · 1 in 52 boysILWisconsin: #4 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 64 boysWIMichigan: #3 for boys · 996 births · 1 in 60 boysMINew York: #1 for boys · 2,891 births · 1 in 40 boysNYMassachusetts: #2 for boys · 1,018 births · 1 in 36 boysMARhode Island: #2 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 36 boysRIOregon: #3 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 68 boysORNevada: #6 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 65 boysNVWyoming: #2 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 47 boysWYSouth Dakota: #12 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 75 boysSDIowa: #11 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 78 boysIAIndiana: #4 for boys · 611 births · 1 in 64 boysINOhio: #2 for boys · 1,371 births · 1 in 51 boysOHPennsylvania: #1 for boys · 1,491 births · 1 in 44 boysPANew Jersey: #1 for boys · 1,437 births · 1 in 33 boysNJConnecticut: #1 for boys · 553 births · 1 in 33 boysCTCalifornia: #5 for boys · 3,573 births · 1 in 69 boysCAUtah: #6 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 83 boysUTColorado: #2 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 64 boysCONebraska: #9 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 74 boysNEMissouri: #3 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 59 boysMOKentucky: #5 for boys · 468 births · 1 in 52 boysKYWest Virginia: #3 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 48 boysWVVirginia: #3 for boys · 777 births · 1 in 53 boysVAMaryland: #1 for boys · 618 births · 1 in 47 boysMDDelaware: #1 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 30 boysDEArizona: #2 for boys · 621 births · 1 in 61 boysAZNew Mexico: #2 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 58 boysNMKansas: #2 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 66 boysKSArkansas: #3 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 60 boysARTennessee: #5 for boys · 637 births · 1 in 57 boysTNNorth Carolina: #5 for boys · 863 births · 1 in 60 boysNCSouth Carolina: #6 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 55 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #4 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 47 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 64 boysOKLouisiana: #4 for boys · 426 births · 1 in 64 boysLAMississippi: #4 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 58 boysMSAlabama: #4 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 56 boysALGeorgia: #4 for boys · 925 births · 1 in 60 boysGAHawaii: #6 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 62 boysHITexas: #4 for boys · 2,437 births · 1 in 70 boysTXFlorida: #1 for boys · 1,829 births · 1 in 49 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#1 · 1 in 30
  2. Connecticut#1 · 1 in 33
  3. New Jersey#1 · 1 in 33
  4. New York#1 · 1 in 40
  5. Pennsylvania#1 · 1 in 44

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#1741 in 45
Connecticut#15531 in 33
Delaware#11391 in 30
Florida#11,8291 in 49
Maryland#16181 in 47
New Jersey#11,4371 in 33
New York#12,8911 in 40
Pennsylvania#11,4911 in 44
Arizona#26211 in 61
Colorado#24431 in 64
Illinois#21,5431 in 52
Kansas#22501 in 66
Massachusetts#21,0181 in 36
New Mexico#21851 in 58
Ohio#21,3711 in 51
Rhode Island#21471 in 36
Washington#25101 in 68
Wyoming#2371 in 47
Arkansas#32491 in 60
Idaho#31101 in 72
Michigan#39961 in 60
Missouri#35791 in 59
Oregon#32921 in 68
Virginia#37771 in 53
West Virginia#31901 in 48
Alabama#44521 in 56
District of Columbia#41041 in 47
Georgia#49251 in 60
Indiana#46111 in 64
Louisiana#44261 in 64
Mississippi#42701 in 58
Montana#4631 in 63
Texas#42,4371 in 70
Vermont#4521 in 45
Wisconsin#44631 in 64
California#53,5731 in 69
Kentucky#54681 in 52
New Hampshire#51271 in 47
North Carolina#58631 in 60
Oklahoma#53241 in 64
Tennessee#56371 in 57
Hawaii#6841 in 62
Nevada#61901 in 65
South Carolina#63811 in 55
Utah#62511 in 83
Maine#9961 in 57
Minnesota#94491 in 65
Nebraska#91381 in 74
Iowa#112141 in 78
South Dakota#12521 in 75
North Dakota#13451 in 76

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 2000

girls
#1,558
114 births · 1 in 15,930 girls
boys
#2
32,045 births · 1 in 61 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #1,558Michael114

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 15,930 of them was named Michael, which outranked 91.2% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #1,551Nicolle115
  2. #1,551Sana115
  3. #1,551Valery115
  4. #1,558Michael114
  5. #1,558Alani114
  6. #1,558Dixie114
  7. #1,558Emelia114
  8. #1,571Ayesha113
  9. #1,571Hanah113
  10. #1,571Jaycie113

Tied with 12 names at #1,558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 61 of them was named Michael, which outranked 100.0% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Michael
  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →