Michale
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to boys 90.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 81 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,274since 1922
Michale over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #2,926 | 27 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #2,455 | 30 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,867 | 42 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,464 | 59 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,268 | 73 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #1,178 | 73 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #1,067 | 80 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,174 | 65 |
| 1985 | — | #1,125 | 68 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,069 | 70 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #1,022 | 75 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,096 | 69 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #1,238 | 55 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #969 | 79 |
| 1977 | — | #1,027 | 70 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #990 | 71 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #925 | 78 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #993 | 68 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #874 | 83 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #921 | 75 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #947 | 74 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #951 | 71 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #861 | 79 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #968 | 57 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #836 | 73 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | — | #957 | 59 | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #984 | 60 |
| 1961 | — | #958 | 64 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,083 | 51 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #987 | 61 |
| 1958 | — | #915 | 68 | |
| 1957 | — | #928 | 66 | |
| 1956 | — | #809 | 85 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #995 | 57 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #800 | 81 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1952 | — | #968 | 54 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,123 | 41 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Michale! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1938, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Michale is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#801 · 1 in 14,401
- Texas#987 · 1 in 19,063
- California#1,216 · 1 in 27,467
Best ever in a state: #263 in Utah, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #801 | 6 | 1 in 14,401 |
| Texas | #987 | 7 | 1 in 19,063 |
| California | #1,216 | 7 | 1 in 27,467 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Michale
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1954 (#1,015 → #800)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1963 (#984 → #1,215)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1954 at #800 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1965–1976
- Highest: 1 in 18,778 boys born in 1973 were named Michale (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #800 in 1954, was only 1 in 25,170 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.4% of all boys named Michale (733) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1942, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,239 (1923) | #4,273 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,324 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,380 (1949) | #2,240 |
| 1950s | 602 | #800 (1954) | #971 |
| 1960s | 592 | #836 (1967) | #987 |
| 1970s | 733 | #874 (1973) | #971 |
| 1980s | 693 | #1,022 (1983) | #1,137 |
| 1990s | 294 | #1,464 (1990) | #2,788 |
| 2000s | 117 | #4,573 (2000) | #6,505 |
| 2010s | 63 | #4,848 (2010) | #7,947 |
| 2020s | 15 | #8,312 (2024) | #9,459 |
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.
Michale in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 166,031 of them was named Michale, which outranked 48.0% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,912Yolande11
- #5,912Youlanda11
- #5,912Zarah11
- #6,319Michale10
- #6,319Adella10
- #6,319Adi10
- #6,319Adrena10
- #6,789Abeni9
- #6,789Adair9
- #6,789Addy9
Tied with 469 names at #6,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 32,435 of them was named Michale, which outranked 83.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,227Nickolaus56
- #1,227Rashaad56
- #1,227Shiloh56
- #1,238Michale55
- #1,238Alonso55
- #1,238Benedict55
- #1,238Benton55
- #1,258Amar54
- #1,258Arnoldo54
- #1,258Barron54
Tied with 19 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.