Michaeljames
Michaeljames was last recorded in 2022, when 6 babies were given it; 190 Americans have been recorded with it between 1979 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Michaeljames by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Michaeljames?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,811, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
12 babies in 1988, the peak
Michaeljames peaked in 1988, when 12 boys were given it, #4,077 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #11,811 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,671 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 5 | #13,595 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,371 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | 6 | #11,688 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 5 | #13,650 | 2.6 |
| 2008 | 5 | #13,909 | 2.5 |
| 2007 | 7 | #10,512 | 3.4 |
| 2006 | 5 | #13,353 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,792 | 3.5 |
Every recorded year (28)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | #8,356 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,223 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,302 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,898 | 3.2 |
| 1996 | 5 | #10,006 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,774 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,768 | 4.1 |
| 1993 | 6 | #8,326 | 3.1 |
| 1992 | 6 | #8,101 | 3.0 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,981 | 5.4 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,764 | 2.9 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,588 | 3.0 |
| 1988 | 12 | #4,077 | 6.3 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,811 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,164 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,984 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,409 | 3.9 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,810 | 3.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Michaeljames a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Michaeljames has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 28 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Michaeljames: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Michaeljames, and how old are they?
An estimated 184 Americans named Michaeljames and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 31 years old and half are between 19 and 37. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Michaeljames
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.