Michiel
- Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471
- Last seen for boys in 2006 at #8,732
- Given to boys 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1951 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,040since 1915
Michiel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Michiel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
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| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
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| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
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| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,279 | 17 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | — | #1,258 | 36 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,510 | 27 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,713 | 22 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,349 | 35 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,416 | 31 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,483 | 28 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,218 | 39 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,357 | 31 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,485 | 26 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Michiel! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Michiel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Michiel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Michiel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1951 at #1,171 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 48,277
- Highest: 1 in 48,277 boys born in 1968 were named Michiel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 256,909 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,171 in 1951, was only 1 in 49,548 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 30.3% of all boys named Michiel (315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,825 (1915) | #3,825 |
| 1920s | 7 | #3,489 (1920) | #3,489 |
| 1930s | 12 | #2,868 (1938) | #3,174 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,185 (1949) | #2,027 |
| 1950s | 315 | #1,171 (1951) | #1,363 |
| 1960s | 261 | #1,258 (1968) | #1,572 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,871 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,098 (1980) | #4,895 |
| 1990s | 46 | #4,760 (1991) | #7,647 |
| 2000s | 24 | #8,732 (2006) | #10,032 |
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.
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