Miguel — #189 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Miguel

The Social Security Administration has registered 188,883 babies named Miguel between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Miguel currently holds the #189 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 4,906 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Miguel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 46,099 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Miguel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 57,756 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Miguel in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Miguel 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 188,883 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.