Michel**
#979 most common boys' name of all time · #2,290 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#979
Rank overall
#2,290 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
14,094
Since 2016
339
Peak year
1957 #457
Best rank
#457 1957
Girls
Boys
peak 325/yr
Michel 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 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #4,544 |
| 2024 | 15 | 31 | 46 | #3,609 |
| 2023 | 11 | 27 | 38 | #4,003 |
| 2022 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #4,447 |
| 2021 | 7 | 25 | 32 | #4,124 |
| 2020 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #3,922 |
| 2019 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #4,010 |
| 2018 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,893 |
| 2017 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #3,591 |
| 2016 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #4,778 |
| 2015 | 13 | 41 | 54 | #2,865 |
| 2014 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #3,894 |
| 2013 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,065 |
| 2012 | 18 | 34 | 52 | #3,235 |
| 2011 | 19 | 48 | 67 | #2,551 |
| 2010 | 29 | 42 | 71 | #2,828 |
| 2009 | 55 | 55 | 110 | #2,348 |
| 2008 | 44 | 52 | 96 | #2,433 |
| 2007 | 56 | 55 | 111 | #2,343 |
| 2006 | 75 | 63 | 138 | #2,083 |
| 2005 | 64 | 57 | 121 | #2,130 |
| 2004 | 62 | 68 | 130 | #1,815 |
| 2003 | 66 | 63 | 129 | #1,871 |
| 2002 | 59 | 49 | 108 | #2,159 |
| 2001 | 52 | 60 | 112 | #1,843 |
| 2000 | 53 | 62 | 115 | #1,768 |
| 1999 | 54 | 69 | 123 | #1,584 |
| 1998 | 31 | 64 | 95 | #1,623 |
| 1997 | 38 | 84 | 122 | #1,334 |
| 1996 | 51 | 69 | 120 | #1,467 |
| 1995 | 53 | 65 | 118 | #1,481 |
| 1994 | 48 | 85 | 133 | #1,269 |
| 1993 | 44 | 77 | 121 | #1,295 |
| 1992 | 46 | 85 | 131 | #1,221 |
| 1991 | 57 | 92 | 149 | #1,149 |
| 1990 | 39 | 132 | 171 | #894 |
| 1989 | 46 | 128 | 174 | #893 |
| 1988 | 32 | 111 | 143 | #907 |
| 1987 | 31 | 120 | 151 | #852 |
| 1986 | 40 | 123 | 163 | #817 |
| 1985 | 38 | 103 | 141 | #891 |
| 1984 | 39 | 124 | 163 | #776 |
| 1983 | 49 | 121 | 170 | #796 |
| 1982 | 77 | 132 | 209 | #764 |
| 1981 | 61 | 103 | 164 | #878 |
| 1980 | 56 | 95 | 151 | #913 |
| 1979 | 51 | 130 | 181 | #762 |
| 1978 | 61 | 120 | 181 | #770 |
| 1977 | 53 | 142 | 195 | #715 |
| 1976 | 74 | 118 | 192 | #764 |
| 1975 | 61 | 142 | 203 | #698 |
| 1974 | 54 | 129 | 183 | #723 |
| 1973 | 61 | 139 | 200 | #677 |
| 1972 | 64 | 149 | 213 | #656 |
| 1971 | 73 | 165 | 238 | #641 |
| 1970 | 89 | 167 | 256 | #627 |
| 1969 | 87 | 161 | 248 | #616 |
| 1968 | 80 | 169 | 249 | #583 |
| 1967 | 71 | 169 | 240 | #582 |
| 1966 | 89 | 185 | 274 | #562 |
| 1965 | 62 | 200 | 262 | #541 |
| 1964 | 58 | 196 | 254 | #565 |
| 1963 | 68 | 231 | 299 | #524 |
| 1962 | 55 | 200 | 255 | #559 |
| 1961 | 54 | 254 | 308 | #499 |
| 1960 | 56 | 267 | 323 | #486 |
| 1959 | 45 | 228 | 273 | #521 |
| 1958 | 41 | 226 | 267 | #515 |
| 1957 | 41 | 284 | 325 | #457 |
| 1956 | 42 | 223 | 265 | #507 |
| 1955 | 36 | 239 | 275 | #474 |
| 1954 | 31 | 241 | 272 | #469 |
| 1953 | 34 | 243 | 277 | #459 |
| 1952 | 31 | 223 | 254 | #467 |
| 1951 | 27 | 209 | 236 | #470 |
| 1950 | 26 | 193 | 219 | #483 |
| 1949 | 30 | 167 | 197 | #518 |
| 1948 | 24 | 134 | 158 | #577 |
| 1947 | 33 | 144 | 177 | #565 |
| 1946 | 20 | 128 | 148 | #567 |
| 1945 | 22 | 76 | 98 | #701 |
| 1944 | 12 | 70 | 82 | #743 |
| 1943 | 19 | 77 | 96 | #736 |
| 1942 | 27 | 70 | 97 | #774 |
| 1941 | — | 46 | 46 | #942 |
| 1940 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,073 |
| 1939 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1938 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,115 |
| 1937 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1936 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,595 |
| 1935 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,358 |
| 1934 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,670 |
| 1933 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,290 |
| 1932 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,664 |
| 1931 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,436 |
| 1930 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1929 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,345 |
| 1928 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,454 |
| 1927 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,327 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,619 |
| 1925 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,313 |
| 1924 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,587 |
| 1923 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,365 |
| 1922 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,316 |
| 1921 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,335 |
| 1920 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1919 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1918 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,199 |
| 1917 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,766 |
| 1916 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,311 |
| 1915 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 1914 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,309 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,272 |
| 1912 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,458 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,250 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,029 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #883 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #958 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,183 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #693 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #911 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,015 |
| 1888 | — | 8 | 8 | #789 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #943 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #883 |