Miquel — boys' name
2,031 babies named Miquel in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Miquel was born in this single decade.
61 babies were named Miquel in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Miquel
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,031 babies named Miquel between 1926 and 2023, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Miquel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 61 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Miquel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 494 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Miquel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 163 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Miquel in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Miquel 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 2,031 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.
Miquel at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Miquel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1926
- Peak year (1986)
- 61
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,031 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 61 births in a single year.
Miquel popularity over time — girls
92 total births recorded since 1969 (Miquel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Miquel accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Miquel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 494 births that decade — 24% of Miquel's all-time total
Miquel decade highlights
- Peak decade 494 births
- Runner-up 426 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Miquel's strongest decade
494 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Miquel by state
Where Miquel concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 163 | 8.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 139 | 6.8% |
| #3 | California | | 92 | 4.5% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 16 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.3% |
163 of 2,031 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.8% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Miquel appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1926–2023 (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.