Boys' name · since 1986
Michaelray
41 babies named Michaelray in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 41
- total births
- 1986–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
Michaelray sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 41 recorded since 1986.
Michaelray has 41 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2005.
- 41 total births
- 1986–2005 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Michaelray's 41 recorded births place it above 48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michaelray's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Michaelray splits its recorded history at 1990: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Michaelray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2005
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Michaelray by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Michaelray's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Michaelray births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Michaelray's decade-level peak was the 1980s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Michaelray: Baby Name Since 1986 - 41 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/michaelray. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Michaelray draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.