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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#792 · 1 in 13,961
- Texas#1,156 · 1 in 24,528
Best ever in a state: #263 in Utah, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #792 | 16 | 1 in 13,961 |
| Texas | #1,156 | 6 | 1 in 24,528 |
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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 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 27,180 of them was named Michale, which outranked 85.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,116Mikael69
- #1,116Rey69
- #1,116Tavaris69
- #1,125Michale68
- #1,125Anson68
- #1,125Brien68
- #1,125Caesar68
- #1,133Anders67
- #1,133Britt67
- #1,133Bruno67
Tied with 7 names at #1,125; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.