Michiel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Michiel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,040 babies named Michiel between 1915 and 2006, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Michiel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michiel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 315 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Michiel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Michiel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michiel 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 1,040 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.