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.

Michelangelo

#3,986 most common boys' name of all time · #9,753 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among boys
#3,986
Rank overall
#9,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,358
Since 2016
484
Peak year
2015 #1,918
Best rank
#1,918 2015
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
198020002020

Michelangelo first appears in 1961. 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
2025 — 42 42 #2,959
2024 — 53 53 #2,541
2023 — 44 44 #2,862
2022 — 54 54 #2,536
2021 — 49 49 #2,635
2020 — 43 43 #2,821
2019 — 49 49 #2,637
2018 — 43 43 #2,810
2017 — 65 65 #2,115
2016 — 42 42 #2,857
2015 — 76 76 #1,918
2014 — 74 74 #1,952
2013 — 47 47 #2,574
2012 — 27 27 #3,834
2011 — 33 33 #3,324
2010 — 30 30 #3,574
2009 — 24 24 #4,198
2008 — 28 28 #3,774
2007 — 20 20 #4,682
2006 — 25 25 #3,924
2005 — 19 19 #4,514
2004 — 21 21 #4,176
2003 — 22 22 #3,887
2002 — 29 29 #3,137
2001 — 23 23 #3,653
2000 — 15 15 #4,873
1999 — 19 19 #3,896
1998 — 19 19 #3,766
1997 — 18 18 #3,790
1996 — 16 16 #4,093
1995 — 15 15 #4,139
1994 — 12 12 #4,929
1993 — 13 13 #4,547
1992 — 12 12 #4,684
1991 — 17 17 #3,548
1990 — 18 18 #3,385
1989 — 11 11 #4,648
1988 — 13 13 #3,817
1987 — 9 9 #4,760
1985 — 8 8 #4,921
1984 — 7 7 #5,262
1983 — 7 7 #5,157
1982 — 7 7 #5,293
1980 — 11 11 #3,751
1978 — 7 7 #4,811
1977 — 7 7 #4,867
1976 — 12 12 #3,208
1975 — 11 11 #3,375
1973 — 8 8 #3,937
1972 — 8 8 #3,855
1971 — 10 10 #3,323
1970 — 12 12 #2,878
1969 — 9 9 #3,283
1968 — 10 10 #2,896
1967 — 8 8 #3,206
1966 — 5 5 #4,448
1965 — 10 10 #2,773
1964 — 7 7 #3,580
1961 — 5 5 #4,638