Michale
Michale was last recorded in 2024, when 9 babies were given it; 3,618 Americans have been recorded with it between 1922 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,050 Americans named Michale and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 39 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Michale by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Michale?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,750, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
96 babies in 1973, the peak
Michale peaked in 1973, when 96 babies were given it (83 boys, #877 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,750 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 6 | #11,522 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 5 | #13,475 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,588 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,857 | 5.2 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,907 | 5.3 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,886 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,965 | 9.9 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,095 | 5.0 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,645 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (82)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | #6,936 | 5.8 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,341 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,943 | 5.5 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,824 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,563 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,617 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,565 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,713 | 8.1 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,927 | 9.9 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,986 | 14.1 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,170 | 8.5 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,880 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,989 | 12.6 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,910 | 12.9 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,486 | 15.3 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,715 | 13.0 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,877 | 20.8 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,476 | 28.7 |
| 1989 | 73 | #1,272 | 36.5 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,184 | 38.1 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,069 | 42.8 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,182 | 35.3 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,130 | 36.8 |
| 1984 | 70 | #1,072 | 38.8 |
| 1983 | 75 | #1,027 | 41.8 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,102 | 38.0 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,141 | 36.3 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,255 | 30.8 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,126 | 37.2 |
| 1978 | 79 | #974 | 48.1 |
| 1977 | 70 | #1,034 | 42.6 |
| 1976 | 71 | #994 | 45.3 |
| 1975 | 78 | #929 | 50.0 |
| 1974 | 68 | #1,000 | 43.2 |
| 1973 | 83 | #877 | 53.3 |
| 1972 | 75 | #926 | 46.3 |
| 1971 | 74 | #952 | 41.8 |
| 1970 | 71 | #955 | 38.2 |
| 1969 | 79 | #866 | 44.2 |
| 1968 | 57 | #981 | 32.8 |
| 1967 | 73 | #839 | 41.9 |
| 1966 | 56 | #979 | 31.4 |
| 1965 | 59 | #961 | 31.7 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,055 | 26.1 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,221 | 20.2 |
| 1962 | 60 | #993 | 29.0 |
| 1961 | 64 | #964 | 30.1 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,089 | 23.9 |
| 1959 | 61 | #990 | 28.6 |
| 1958 | 68 | #922 | 32.0 |
| 1957 | 66 | #933 | 30.6 |
| 1956 | 85 | #814 | 40.2 |
| 1955 | 57 | #998 | 27.7 |
| 1954 | 81 | #804 | 39.7 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,019 | 25.9 |
| 1952 | 54 | #977 | 27.8 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,130 | 21.8 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,174 | 21.2 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,397 | 15.8 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,544 | 13.1 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,505 | 13.7 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,111 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,741 | 11.9 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,051 | 9.5 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,883 | 5.6 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,120 | 5.1 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,837 | 4.1 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,351 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,361 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,866 | 4.5 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,664 | 4.6 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,741 | 4.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Michale a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,618 Americans recorded as Michale, 10% are girls and 90% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Michale: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Michale, and how old are they?
3,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 3,618 Americans ever recorded as Michale. The median Michale alive today is 50 years old; half are between 39 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 3,410 people named Michale (378 women and girls, 3,032 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,188 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 30 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 715 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,110 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 921 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 229 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Michale born?
The states with the most babies named Michale are California, Texas and New York, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 365 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 163 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 116 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 76 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 61 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 46 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 36 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 19 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Michale with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Michale
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.
More about Michale and names like it
- Compare Michale and RustyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sMichale peaked in 1973.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Michale since 1910.
- The top names of 1973The year the most babies were named Michale.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Michale alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.