Girls' name · since 1923
Miguela
19 babies named Miguela in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1923
- 1980s
- peak decade
Miguela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1923.
Miguela has 19 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1989.
- #46,570 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1923
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miguela ranks #46,570 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1923, peaking in the 1980s.
- #46,570 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1923
- 1980s
- peak decade
Miguela's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Miguela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Miguela splits its recorded history at 1987: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Miguela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1989
- Peak year (1923)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Miguela by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Miguela's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Miguela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1920s
1920s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Miguela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Miguela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.