Michael
#4 most common boys' name of all time · #4 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#4
Rank overall
#4 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
4,448,633
Since 2016
102,117
Peak year
1957 #1
Best rank
#1 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 93,036/yr
Michael is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 8,094 | 8,107 | #21 |
| 2024 | 16 | 8,229 | 8,245 | #18 |
| 2023 | 20 | 8,430 | 8,450 | #16 |
| 2022 | 19 | 8,895 | 8,914 | #16 |
| 2021 | 27 | 9,150 | 9,177 | #17 |
| 2020 | 24 | 9,833 | 9,857 | #12 |
| 2019 | 33 | 10,619 | 10,652 | #14 |
| 2018 | 20 | 11,756 | 11,776 | #14 |
| 2017 | 34 | 12,726 | 12,760 | #12 |
| 2016 | 34 | 14,145 | 14,179 | #8 |
| 2015 | 36 | 14,504 | 14,540 | #9 |
| 2014 | 35 | 15,505 | 15,540 | #7 |
| 2013 | 39 | 15,544 | 15,583 | #7 |
| 2012 | 27 | 16,211 | 16,238 | #7 |
| 2011 | 36 | 16,823 | 16,859 | #6 |
| 2010 | 37 | 17,387 | 17,424 | #3 |
| 2009 | 45 | 18,964 | 19,009 | #3 |
| 2008 | 55 | 20,652 | 20,707 | #2 |
| 2007 | 52 | 22,027 | 22,079 | #2 |
| 2006 | 64 | 22,653 | 22,717 | #2 |
| 2005 | 61 | 23,828 | 23,889 | #2 |
| 2004 | 148 | 25,470 | 25,618 | #2 |
| 2003 | 94 | 27,129 | 27,223 | #2 |
| 2002 | 95 | 28,258 | 28,353 | #2 |
| 2001 | 96 | 29,689 | 29,785 | #2 |
| 2000 | 114 | 32,045 | 32,159 | #2 |
| 1999 | 123 | 33,915 | 34,038 | #2 |
| 1998 | 128 | 36,618 | 36,746 | #1 |
| 1997 | 142 | 37,562 | 37,704 | #1 |
| 1996 | 157 | 38,373 | 38,530 | #1 |
| 1995 | 167 | 41,409 | 41,576 | #1 |
| 1994 | 192 | 44,477 | 44,669 | #1 |
| 1993 | 223 | 49,571 | 49,794 | #1 |
| 1992 | 258 | 54,410 | 54,668 | #1 |
| 1991 | 267 | 60,810 | 61,077 | #1 |
| 1990 | 277 | 65,321 | 65,598 | #1 |
| 1989 | 363 | 65,415 | 65,778 | #1 |
| 1988 | 480 | 64,171 | 64,651 | #1 |
| 1987 | 544 | 63,664 | 64,208 | #1 |
| 1986 | 590 | 64,235 | 64,825 | #1 |
| 1985 | 531 | 64,934 | 65,465 | #1 |
| 1984 | 508 | 67,735 | 68,243 | #1 |
| 1983 | 577 | 68,004 | 68,581 | #1 |
| 1982 | 576 | 68,216 | 68,792 | #1 |
| 1981 | 487 | 68,750 | 69,237 | #1 |
| 1980 | 546 | 68,683 | 69,229 | #1 |
| 1979 | 554 | 67,713 | 68,267 | #1 |
| 1978 | 545 | 67,127 | 67,672 | #1 |
| 1977 | 560 | 67,587 | 68,147 | #1 |
| 1976 | 515 | 66,915 | 67,430 | #1 |
| 1975 | 557 | 68,418 | 68,975 | #1 |
| 1974 | 525 | 67,534 | 68,059 | #1 |
| 1973 | 451 | 67,797 | 68,248 | #1 |
| 1972 | 452 | 71,393 | 71,845 | #1 |
| 1971 | 459 | 77,577 | 78,036 | #1 |
| 1970 | 457 | 85,266 | 85,723 | #1 |
| 1969 | 459 | 85,162 | 85,621 | #1 |
| 1968 | 471 | 81,968 | 82,439 | #1 |
| 1967 | 373 | 82,411 | 82,784 | #1 |
| 1966 | 346 | 79,985 | 80,331 | #1 |
| 1965 | 355 | 80,992 | 81,347 | #1 |
| 1964 | 303 | 82,617 | 82,920 | #1 |
| 1963 | 376 | 83,771 | 84,147 | #1 |
| 1962 | 356 | 85,059 | 85,415 | #1 |
| 1961 | 324 | 86,974 | 87,298 | #1 |
| 1960 | 316 | 84,153 | 84,469 | #2 |
| 1959 | 285 | 85,294 | 85,579 | #1 |
| 1958 | 295 | 90,604 | 90,899 | #1 |
| 1957 | 255 | 92,781 | 93,036 | #1 |
| 1956 | 238 | 90,691 | 90,929 | #1 |
| 1955 | 250 | 88,355 | 88,605 | #1 |
| 1954 | 217 | 88,568 | 88,785 | #1 |
| 1953 | 232 | 84,198 | 84,430 | #3 |
| 1952 | 190 | 79,037 | 79,227 | #4 |
| 1951 | 172 | 72,807 | 72,979 | #4 |
| 1950 | 179 | 65,136 | 65,315 | #4 |
| 1949 | 188 | 60,047 | 60,235 | #5 |
| 1948 | 170 | 52,566 | 52,736 | #6 |
| 1947 | 173 | 50,506 | 50,679 | #7 |
| 1946 | 169 | 41,194 | 41,363 | #7 |
| 1945 | 158 | 29,902 | 30,060 | #9 |
| 1944 | 168 | 26,717 | 26,885 | #9 |
| 1943 | 188 | 24,745 | 24,933 | #10 |
| 1942 | 156 | 21,728 | 21,884 | #13 |
| 1941 | 97 | 15,935 | 16,032 | #16 |
| 1940 | 80 | 13,228 | 13,308 | #18 |
| 1939 | 81 | 10,828 | 10,909 | #18 |
| 1938 | 58 | 9,077 | 9,135 | #21 |
| 1937 | 47 | 7,094 | 7,141 | #27 |
| 1936 | 40 | 5,800 | 5,840 | #33 |
| 1935 | 32 | 4,906 | 4,938 | #41 |
| 1934 | 20 | 4,108 | 4,128 | #47 |
| 1933 | 26 | 3,549 | 3,575 | #53 |
| 1932 | 20 | 3,607 | 3,627 | #54 |
| 1931 | 24 | 3,489 | 3,513 | #55 |
| 1930 | 36 | 3,543 | 3,579 | #54 |
| 1929 | 33 | 3,464 | 3,497 | #54 |
| 1928 | 33 | 3,598 | 3,631 | #53 |
| 1927 | 29 | 3,605 | 3,634 | #52 |
| 1926 | 32 | 3,485 | 3,517 | #56 |
| 1925 | 34 | 3,761 | 3,795 | #55 |
| 1924 | 36 | 3,874 | 3,910 | #54 |
| 1923 | 29 | 3,915 | 3,944 | #50 |
| 1922 | 31 | 3,990 | 4,021 | #48 |
| 1921 | 24 | 4,198 | 4,222 | #47 |
| 1920 | 22 | 4,003 | 4,025 | #50 |
| 1919 | 24 | 3,909 | 3,933 | #46 |
| 1918 | 30 | 4,296 | 4,326 | #45 |
| 1917 | 12 | 4,288 | 4,300 | #44 |
| 1916 | 18 | 4,210 | 4,228 | #44 |
| 1915 | 14 | 4,079 | 4,093 | #43 |
| 1914 | 16 | 3,362 | 3,378 | #40 |
| 1913 | 12 | 2,607 | 2,619 | #40 |
| 1912 | 8 | 2,104 | 2,112 | #42 |
| 1911 | 7 | 1,159 | 1,166 | #38 |
| 1910 | 9 | 844 | 853 | #45 |
| 1909 | 7 | 635 | 642 | #47 |
| 1908 | — | 688 | 688 | #44 |
| 1907 | — | 586 | 586 | #48 |
| 1906 | 5 | 531 | 536 | #46 |
| 1905 | — | 513 | 513 | #45 |
| 1904 | — | 462 | 462 | #50 |
| 1903 | — | 466 | 466 | #47 |
| 1902 | — | 460 | 460 | #48 |
| 1901 | — | 384 | 384 | #52 |
| 1900 | — | 495 | 495 | #51 |
| 1899 | — | 375 | 375 | #51 |
| 1898 | — | 434 | 434 | #51 |
| 1897 | 7 | 368 | 375 | #57 |
| 1896 | — | 399 | 399 | #53 |
| 1895 | — | 413 | 413 | #52 |
| 1894 | — | 423 | 423 | #51 |
| 1893 | — | 407 | 407 | #49 |
| 1892 | — | 380 | 380 | #59 |
| 1891 | — | 333 | 333 | #55 |
| 1890 | — | 394 | 394 | #48 |
| 1889 | — | 377 | 377 | #51 |
| 1888 | — | 466 | 466 | #46 |
| 1887 | — | 344 | 344 | #48 |
| 1886 | — | 348 | 348 | #53 |
| 1885 | — | 370 | 370 | #46 |
| 1884 | — | 373 | 373 | #51 |
| 1883 | — | 307 | 307 | #55 |
| 1882 | — | 321 | 321 | #57 |
| 1881 | — | 298 | 298 | #54 |
| 1880 | — | 354 | 354 | #46 |