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.

Michaell

#8,067 most common boys' name of all time · #20,325 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1950–2024

Rank among boys
#8,067
Rank overall
#20,325 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
418
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1957 #2,186
Best rank
#2,186 1957
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
1960198020002020

Michaell first appears in 1950. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,599
2023 — 6 6 #11,035
2016 — 5 5 #12,469
2012 — 5 5 #12,540
2008 — 10 10 #7,836
2007 — 12 12 #6,717
2005 — 5 5 #11,772
2003 — 10 10 #6,846
2002 — 8 8 #7,805
2001 — 9 9 #7,066
2000 — 6 6 #9,376
1999 — 7 7 #8,061
1998 — 5 5 #9,956
1997 — 6 6 #8,390
1996 — 5 5 #9,320
1995 — 6 6 #8,051
1994 — 6 6 #8,022
1993 — 6 6 #7,917
1992 — 9 9 #5,792
1991 — 7 7 #6,734
1990 — 8 8 #6,016
1989 — 8 8 #5,836
1988 — 5 5 #7,612
1987 — 8 8 #5,153
1986 — 10 10 #4,269
1983 — 7 7 #5,112
1982 — 7 7 #5,246
1981 — 5 5 #6,625
1980 — 6 6 #5,821
1979 — 5 5 #6,456
1977 — 5 5 #6,236
1976 — 6 6 #5,243
1975 — 6 6 #5,109
1973 5 9 14 #3,582
1972 — 8 8 #3,822
1971 — 8 8 #3,847
1970 — 8 8 #3,727
1969 — 10 10 #3,006
1968 — 5 5 #4,540
1967 — 6 6 #3,853
1966 — 6 6 #3,827
1964 — 10 10 #2,819
1963 — 11 11 #2,653
1962 — 9 9 #3,000
1961 — 5 5 #4,481
1959 — 8 8 #3,242
1958 — 14 14 #2,255
1957 — 15 15 #2,186
1956 — 10 10 #2,785
1955 — 7 7 #3,477
1954 — 7 7 #3,434
1953 — 6 6 #3,753
1952 — 10 10 #2,674
1951 — 10 10 #2,660
1950 — 7 7 #3,325