Machael — boys' name
195 babies named Machael in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Machael was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Machael in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Machael
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Machael between 1958 and 2009, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Machael currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Machael performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Machael shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Machael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 195 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Machael at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Machael popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1958
- Peak year (1967)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
195 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 15 births in a single year.
Machael popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1970 (Machael as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Machael accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Machael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 59 births that decade — 30% of Machael's all-time total
Machael decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Machael's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.