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.

Micheal

#225 most common boys' name of all time · #489 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#225
Rank overall
#489 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
156,555
Since 2016
1,805
Peak year
1957 #85
Best rank
#83 1956
Girls Boys peak 4,861/yr
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Micheal 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 130 130 #1,401
2024 — 144 144 #1,332
2023 — 156 156 #1,244
2022 — 146 146 #1,300
2021 — 174 174 #1,153
2020 — 193 193 #1,046
2019 — 173 173 #1,127
2018 — 204 204 #1,013
2017 — 243 243 #885
2016 — 242 242 #897
2015 — 268 268 #838
2014 — 281 281 #810
2013 — 349 349 #686
2012 — 360 360 #658
2011 — 423 423 #591
2010 5 461 466 #548
2009 — 540 540 #502
2008 — 584 584 #475
2007 8 647 655 #435
2006 6 690 696 #418
2005 5 684 689 #407
2004 11 695 706 #390
2003 5 771 776 #356
2002 5 791 796 #347
2001 14 875 889 #322
2000 10 994 1,004 #302
1999 11 1,055 1,066 #279
1998 11 1,053 1,064 #271
1997 8 1,068 1,076 #265
1996 16 1,068 1,084 #262
1995 16 1,156 1,172 #247
1994 12 1,273 1,285 #233
1993 18 1,308 1,326 #226
1992 19 1,484 1,503 #208
1991 15 1,635 1,650 #192
1990 21 1,771 1,792 #175
1989 21 1,833 1,854 #164
1988 24 1,785 1,809 #157
1987 32 1,765 1,797 #159
1986 41 1,769 1,810 #153
1985 42 1,758 1,800 #155
1984 28 1,833 1,861 #149
1983 49 1,909 1,958 #140
1982 39 1,908 1,947 #148
1981 40 2,023 2,063 #136
1980 57 2,152 2,209 #132
1979 53 2,137 2,190 #127
1978 55 2,059 2,114 #125
1977 74 2,215 2,289 #122
1976 54 2,181 2,235 #116
1975 53 2,441 2,494 #104
1974 57 2,491 2,548 #102
1973 54 2,476 2,530 #106
1972 49 2,609 2,658 #108
1971 34 2,557 2,591 #124
1970 43 2,632 2,675 #126
1969 41 2,720 2,761 #120
1968 45 2,604 2,649 #114
1967 42 2,700 2,742 #115
1966 34 2,647 2,681 #115
1965 37 2,763 2,800 #118
1964 33 3,086 3,119 #112
1963 40 3,537 3,577 #106
1962 43 3,772 3,815 #104
1961 31 4,017 4,048 #103
1960 32 4,133 4,165 #105
1959 35 4,369 4,404 #96
1958 28 4,569 4,597 #91
1957 30 4,831 4,861 #85
1956 30 4,732 4,762 #83
1955 16 4,530 4,546 #87
1954 32 4,178 4,210 #88
1953 19 3,987 4,006 #88
1952 16 3,613 3,629 #94
1951 7 3,276 3,283 #97
1950 17 2,823 2,840 #104
1949 17 2,381 2,398 #122
1948 13 1,801 1,814 #148
1947 15 1,629 1,644 #159
1946 12 1,238 1,250 #168
1945 — 951 951 #173
1944 11 732 743 #204
1943 10 657 667 #224
1942 13 521 534 #256
1941 6 411 417 #287
1940 — 298 298 #332
1939 — 245 245 #359
1938 — 189 189 #412
1937 — 143 143 #474
1936 — 128 128 #502
1935 — 129 129 #506
1934 — 105 105 #578
1933 — 101 101 #572
1932 6 118 124 #540
1931 — 122 122 #524
1930 — 123 123 #537
1929 — 110 110 #565
1928 — 116 116 #572
1927 — 140 140 #517
1926 — 127 127 #540
1925 5 163 168 #477
1924 5 179 184 #458
1923 — 157 157 #489
1922 — 128 128 #560
1921 — 166 166 #475
1920 — 174 174 #459
1919 — 159 159 #475
1918 — 190 190 #422
1917 — 204 204 #397
1916 — 181 181 #414
1915 — 172 172 #411
1914 — 123 123 #435
1913 — 98 98 #431
1912 — 59 59 #512
1911 — 38 38 #476
1910 — 25 25 #573
1909 — 29 29 #477
1908 — 21 21 #556
1907 — 21 21 #519
1906 — 22 22 #477
1905 — 31 31 #374
1904 — 25 25 #420
1903 — 20 20 #476
1902 — 15 15 #563
1901 — 14 14 #543
1900 — 20 20 #537
1899 — 18 18 #446
1898 — 10 10 #708
1897 — 17 17 #480
1896 — 10 10 #730
1895 — 8 8 #805
1894 — 16 16 #506
1893 — 11 11 #625
1892 — 11 11 #645
1891 — 6 6 #858
1890 — 12 12 #575
1889 — 8 8 #734
1888 — 19 19 #432
1887 — 10 10 #591
1886 — 13 13 #515
1885 — 11 11 #583
1884 — 17 17 #453
1883 — 13 13 #502
1882 — 14 14 #494
1881 — 17 17 #418
1880 — 20 20 #390