Micheal
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · #1,401 for boys in 2025, 130 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 4,732 births
- Debut · boys
- 20 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 9 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 154,719since 1880
Micheal over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,401 | 130 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,332 | 144 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,244 | 156 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,300 | 146 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,152 | 174 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,046 | 193 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,127 | 173 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,012 | 204 | |
| 2017 | — | #885 | 243 | |
| 2016 | — | #897 | 242 | |
| 2015 | — | #838 | 268 | |
| 2014 | — | #810 | 281 | |
| 2013 | — | #685 | 349 | |
| 2012 | — | #658 | 360 | |
| 2011 | — | #591 | 423 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #548 | 461 |
| 2009 | — | #502 | 540 | |
| 2008 | — | #475 | 584 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #435 | 647 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #417 | 690 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #407 | 684 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #390 | 695 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #356 | 771 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #347 | 791 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #322 | 875 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #302 | 994 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #279 | 1,055 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #271 | 1,053 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #265 | 1,068 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #262 | 1,068 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #247 | 1,156 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #233 | 1,273 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | #226 | 1,308 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #208 | 1,484 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #192 | 1,635 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #175 | 1,771 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #164 | 1,833 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 | #156 | 1,785 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | #159 | 1,765 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | #153 | 1,769 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 | #155 | 1,758 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | #149 | 1,833 |
| 1983 | #2,047 | 49 | #140 | 1,909 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 | #148 | 1,908 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #136 | 2,023 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 | #132 | 2,152 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | #127 | 2,137 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 | #125 | 2,059 |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 | #122 | 2,215 |
| 1976 | #1,747 | 54 | #116 | 2,181 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 | #104 | 2,441 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | #102 | 2,491 |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | #106 | 2,476 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 | #108 | 2,609 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | #124 | 2,557 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #126 | 2,632 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | #120 | 2,720 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | #114 | 2,604 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | #115 | 2,700 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | #115 | 2,647 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | #118 | 2,763 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | #112 | 3,086 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 | #106 | 3,537 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | #104 | 3,772 |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | #103 | 4,017 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #105 | 4,133 |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | #96 | 4,369 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #91 | 4,569 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | #85 | 4,831 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | #83 | 4,732 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #87 | 4,530 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 | #88 | 4,178 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #88 | 3,987 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #94 | 3,613 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #97 | 3,276 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #104 | 2,823 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #122 | 2,381 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #148 | 1,801 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #159 | 1,629 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #168 | 1,238 |
| 1945 | — | #173 | 951 | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #204 | 732 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #224 | 657 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #256 | 521 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #287 | 411 |
| 1940 | — | #332 | 298 | |
| 1939 | — | #358 | 245 | |
| 1938 | — | #412 | 189 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #500 | 128 | |
| 1935 | — | #505 | 129 | |
| 1934 | — | #576 | 105 | |
| 1933 | — | #572 | 101 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #540 | 118 |
| 1931 | — | #523 | 122 | |
| 1930 | — | #537 | 123 | |
| 1929 | — | #564 | 110 | |
| 1928 | — | #571 | 116 | |
| 1927 | — | #516 | 140 | |
| 1926 | — | #539 | 127 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #475 | 163 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #458 | 179 |
| 1923 | — | #489 | 157 | |
| 1922 | — | #559 | 128 | |
| 1921 | — | #475 | 166 | |
| 1920 | — | #459 | 174 | |
| 1919 | — | #474 | 159 | |
| 1918 | — | #422 | 190 | |
| 1917 | — | #396 | 204 | |
| 1916 | — | #414 | 181 | |
| 1915 | — | #410 | 172 | |
| 1914 | — | #435 | 123 | |
| 1913 | — | #430 | 98 | |
| 1912 | — | #510 | 59 | |
| 1911 | — | #471 | 38 | |
| 1910 | — | #569 | 25 | |
| 1909 | — | #473 | 29 | |
| 1908 | — | #553 | 21 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #370 | 31 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #430 | 19 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #381 | 20 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Micheal was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Micheal is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#41 · 1 in 201
- South Carolina#52 · 1 in 232
- Tennessee#56 · 1 in 234
- North Carolina#57 · 1 in 265
- Alabama#59 · 1 in 247
Best ever in a state: #40 in Louisiana, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #41 | 212 | 1 in 201 |
| South Carolina | #52 | 123 | 1 in 232 |
| Tennessee | #56 | 170 | 1 in 234 |
| North Carolina | #57 | 199 | 1 in 265 |
| Alabama | #59 | 156 | 1 in 247 |
| Nevada | #63 | 11 | 1 in 249 |
| Mississippi | #65 | 95 | 1 in 292 |
| Alaska | #68 | 11 | 1 in 264 |
| Arkansas | #69 | 64 | 1 in 306 |
| Georgia | #71 | 164 | 1 in 292 |
| Kentucky | #72 | 107 | 1 in 338 |
| North Dakota | #78 | 21 | 1 in 360 |
| Florida | #80 | 158 | 1 in 340 |
| Oklahoma | #82 | 65 | 1 in 369 |
| Indiana | #83 | 131 | 1 in 418 |
| Missouri | #83 | 121 | 1 in 407 |
| Colorado | #84 | 57 | 1 in 374 |
| Nebraska | #84 | 42 | 1 in 385 |
| Minnesota | #85 | 87 | 1 in 486 |
| Illinois | #86 | 250 | 1 in 465 |
| Kansas | #86 | 63 | 1 in 378 |
| Vermont | #87 | 8 | 1 in 511 |
| Montana | #88 | 21 | 1 in 372 |
| Oregon | #88 | 44 | 1 in 390 |
| Maryland | #89 | 70 | 1 in 469 |
| Wisconsin | #89 | 95 | 1 in 500 |
| Iowa | #91 | 63 | 1 in 492 |
| Michigan | #91 | 189 | 1 in 510 |
| Idaho | #93 | 19 | 1 in 399 |
| South Dakota | #93 | 18 | 1 in 451 |
| Texas | #94 | 294 | 1 in 419 |
| Ohio | #96 | 213 | 1 in 532 |
| Washington | #96 | 74 | 1 in 425 |
| West Virginia | #97 | 40 | 1 in 502 |
| Maine | #99 | 17 | 1 in 626 |
| New Hampshire | #99 | 10 | 1 in 605 |
| Virginia | #99 | 89 | 1 in 485 |
| Wyoming | #104 | 8 | 1 in 415 |
| Utah | #105 | 25 | 1 in 475 |
| District of Columbia | #107 | 28 | 1 in 531 |
| California | #109 | 328 | 1 in 548 |
| Delaware | #113 | 8 | 1 in 650 |
| New Mexico | #118 | 26 | 1 in 513 |
| Massachusetts | #122 | 48 | 1 in 1,176 |
| Rhode Island | #127 | 7 | 1 in 1,270 |
| Connecticut | #130 | 25 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Arizona | #152 | 24 | 1 in 673 |
| Pennsylvania | #152 | 90 | 1 in 1,353 |
| New Jersey | #161 | 43 | 1 in 1,426 |
| New York | #173 | 137 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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 Micheal
- 69 spots since 2024 (#1,332 → #1,401)
- 355 spots since 2020 (#1,046 → #1,401)
- 563 spots since 2015 (#838 → #1,401)
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1899 (#701 → #438)
- Biggest drop: 293 spots in 1895 (#502 → #795)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1956 at #83 (4,732 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1951–1959
- Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1880–2017
- Highest: 1 in 447 boys born in 1957 were named Micheal (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,139 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #83 in 1956, was only 1 in 447 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.4% of all boys named Micheal (40,908) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | #381 (1880) | #506 |
| 1890s | 119 | #438 (1899) | #629 |
| 1900s | 218 | #370 (1905) | #489 |
| 1910s | 1,249 | #396 (1917) | #453 |
| 1920s | 1,460 | #458 (1924) | #511 |
| 1930s | 1,403 | #358 (1939) | #500 |
| 1940s | 10,619 | #122 (1949) | #207 |
| 1950s | 40,908 | #83 (1956) | #91 |
| 1960s | 31,979 | #103 (1961) | #111 |
| 1970s | 23,798 | #102 (1974) | #116 |
| 1980s | 18,735 | #132 (1980) | #149 |
| 1990s | 12,871 | #175 (1990) | #236 |
| 2000s | 7,271 | #302 (2000) | #395 |
| 2010s | 3,004 | #548 (2010) | #805 |
| 2020s | 943 | #1,046 (2020) | #1,246 |
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.
Micheal in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 57,813 of them was named Micheal, which outranked 73.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,852Vesta36
- #1,852Walter36
- #1,852Zoraida36
- #1,881Micheal35
- #1,881Alyssa35
- #1,881Angelique35
- #1,881Annita35
- #1,918Albertha34
- #1,918Cathlene34
- #1,918Cherilyn34
Tied with 36 names at #1,881; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 489 of them was named Micheal, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.