Migel — boys' name
1,713 babies named Migel in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Migel was born in this single decade.
52 babies were named Migel in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Migel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,713 babies named Migel between 1920 and 2021, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Migel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 52 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Migel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 449 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Migel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 489 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Migel in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Migel 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 1,713 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.
Migel at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Migel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1920
- Peak year (1993)
- 52
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
1,713 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 52 births in a single year.
Migel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 449 births that decade — 26% of Migel's all-time total
Migel decade highlights
- Peak decade 449 births
- Runner-up 349 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Migel's strongest decade
449 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Migel by state
Where Migel concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 489 | 28.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 222 | 13.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 18 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
489 of 1,713 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.5% of nationwide
- Texas 13.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Colorado 0.3% of nationwide
- Florida 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1920–2021 (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.