Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mcihael

#15,696 most common boys' name of all time · #40,819 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–1992

Rank among boys
#15,696
Rank overall
#40,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
98
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1987 #4,804
Best rank
#4,474 1982
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1980

Mcihael first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1992 — 6 6 #7,819
1990 — 8 8 #6,105
1989 — 9 9 #5,395
1988 — 8 8 #5,511
1987 — 9 9 #4,804
1986 — 5 5 #7,238
1985 — 5 5 #7,056
1984 — 7 7 #5,326
1983 — 7 7 #5,239
1982 — 9 9 #4,474
1980 — 5 5 #6,816
1979 — 5 5 #6,618
1978 — 5 5 #6,333
1976 — 5 5 #6,104
1970 — 5 5 #5,383