Micheal — #1341 US boys' name
154,587 babies named Micheal in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Micheal was born in this single decade.
4,830 babies were named Micheal in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Micheal
The Social Security Administration has registered 154,587 babies named Micheal between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Micheal currently holds the #1341 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 4,830 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Micheal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 40,910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Micheal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,091 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Micheal in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Micheal 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 154,587 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.
Micheal at a glance
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Current rank
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Micheal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1957)
- 4,830
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1341 among boys.
154,587 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 4,830 births in a single year.
Micheal popularity over time — girls
1,836 total births recorded since 1924 (Micheal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Micheal accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Micheal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 40,910 births that decade — 26% of Micheal's all-time total
Micheal decade highlights
- Peak decade 40,910 births
- Runner-up 31,978 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Micheal's strongest decade
40,910 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Micheal by state
Where Micheal concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12,091 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11,796 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 7,990 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 7,303 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6,817 | 4.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 6,382 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5,567 | 3.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5,489 | 3.6% |
12,091 of 154,587 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Micheal appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.