Micheal
Micheal was given to 130 boys in 2025, #1,406 among boys’ names; 156,555 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 122,000 Americans named Micheal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 40 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Micheal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Micheal mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Micheal is “a male given name from Hebrew.”
Anglicised form of Irish Mícheál or Scottish Gaelic Mìcheal. Also a spelling variant of Michael, generally considered erroneous.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Micheal?
#1,406 among boys’ names, 2025
Micheal fell from #839 in 2015 to #1,406 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.08 per 1,000.
4,861 babies in 1957, the peak
Micheal peaked in 1957, when 4,861 babies were given it (4,831 boys, #85 among boys’ names). The 130 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,406 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,336 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 156 | #1,246 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,304 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 174 | #1,154 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 193 | #1,048 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 173 | #1,131 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 204 | #1,013 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 243 | #887 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 242 | #899 | 0.13 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 268 | #839 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 281 | #811 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 349 | #687 | 0.18 |
| 2012 | 360 | #658 | 0.19 |
| 2011 | 423 | #591 | 0.22 |
| 2010 | 461 | #548 | 0.24 |
| 2009 | 540 | #502 | 0.27 |
| 2008 | 584 | #475 | 0.29 |
| 2007 | 647 | #435 | 0.31 |
| 2006 | 690 | #418 | 0.34 |
| 2005 | 684 | #407 | 0.34 |
| 2004 | 695 | #390 | 0.35 |
| 2003 | 771 | #356 | 0.39 |
| 2002 | 791 | #347 | 0.41 |
| 2001 | 875 | #323 | 0.45 |
| 2000 | 994 | #302 | 0.51 |
| 1999 | 1,055 | #280 | 0.55 |
| 1998 | 1,053 | #271 | 0.55 |
| 1997 | 1,068 | #265 | 0.57 |
| 1996 | 1,068 | #262 | 0.56 |
| 1995 | 1,156 | #247 | 0.61 |
| 1994 | 1,273 | #233 | 0.66 |
| 1993 | 1,308 | #226 | 0.67 |
| 1992 | 1,484 | #208 | 0.74 |
| 1991 | 1,635 | #192 | 0.81 |
| 1990 | 1,771 | #175 | 0.86 |
| 1989 | 1,833 | #164 | 0.92 |
| 1988 | 1,785 | #157 | 0.93 |
| 1987 | 1,765 | #159 | 0.95 |
| 1986 | 1,769 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 1,758 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 1,833 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 1,909 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 1,908 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 2,023 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1980 | 2,152 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 2,137 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 2,059 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 2,215 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1976 | 2,181 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 2,441 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1974 | 2,491 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 2,476 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1972 | 2,609 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1971 | 2,557 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1970 | 2,632 | #126 | 1.4 |
| 1969 | 2,720 | #120 | 1.5 |
| 1968 | 2,604 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 2,700 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1966 | 2,647 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1965 | 2,763 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 1964 | 3,086 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 3,537 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1962 | 3,772 | #104 | 1.8 |
| 1961 | 4,017 | #103 | 1.9 |
| 1960 | 4,133 | #105 | 1.9 |
| 1959 | 4,369 | #96 | 2.0 |
| 1958 | 4,569 | #91 | 2.2 |
| 1957 | 4,831 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1956 | 4,732 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1955 | 4,530 | #87 | 2.2 |
| 1954 | 4,178 | #88 | 2.0 |
| 1953 | 3,987 | #88 | 2.0 |
| 1952 | 3,613 | #94 | 1.9 |
| 1951 | 3,276 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1950 | 2,823 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1949 | 2,381 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1948 | 1,801 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1947 | 1,629 | #159 | 0.89 |
| 1946 | 1,238 | #168 | 0.76 |
| 1945 | 951 | #173 | 0.71 |
| 1944 | 732 | #204 | 0.54 |
| 1943 | 657 | #224 | 0.46 |
| 1942 | 521 | #256 | 0.38 |
| 1941 | 411 | #287 | 0.33 |
| 1940 | 298 | #333 | 0.26 |
| 1939 | 245 | #360 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 189 | #413 | 0.17 |
| 1937 | 143 | #473 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 128 | #502 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 129 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 105 | #578 | 0.10 |
| 1933 | 101 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1932 | 118 | #541 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 122 | #525 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 123 | #539 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 110 | #568 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 116 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 140 | #517 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 127 | #540 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 163 | #477 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 179 | #458 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 157 | #490 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 128 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 166 | #475 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 174 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 159 | #476 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 190 | #425 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 204 | #396 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 181 | #415 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 172 | #412 | 0.20 |
| 1914 | 123 | #435 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 98 | #431 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 59 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1911 | 38 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 25 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1909 | 29 | #482 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 21 | #561 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 21 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 22 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 31 | #377 | 0.23 |
| 1904 | 25 | #425 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 20 | #482 | 0.17 |
| 1902 | 15 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 14 | #551 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 20 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 18 | #449 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 10 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 17 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 10 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 8 | #842 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 16 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 11 | #637 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 11 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 6 | #920 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 12 | #588 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 8 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 19 | #436 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 10 | #618 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 13 | #530 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 11 | #594 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 17 | #462 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 13 | #510 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 14 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 17 | #428 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 20 | #390 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Micheal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 156,555 Americans recorded as Micheal, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 130 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Micheal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Micheal, and how old are they?
122,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 156,555 Americans ever recorded as Micheal. The median Micheal alive today is 55 years old; half are between 40 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 84,520 people named Micheal (1,162 women and girls, 83,358 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 129,713 born in the U.S. The Census count is 35% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,590 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 45,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 35,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 25,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,680 |
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 Micheal born?
The states with the most babies named Micheal are California, Texas and Illinois, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 12,221 | #2,678 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 11,876 | #1,063 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 8,012 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 7,320 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 6,823 | #1,069 | 1.0× |
| New York | 6,403 | #1,095 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 5,587 | #1,241 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 5,489 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 5,249 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Louisiana | 5,176 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Micheal is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Micheal is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Micheal with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 4,624,729 babies since 1880, Micheal is the second most given (3.4% of them). In 2025 it was given to 130 of their 8,273 babies (1.6%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Micheal
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 Micheal and names like it
- Compare Micheal and MichaelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMicheal peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Micheal since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Micheal: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Micheal.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Micheal alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.