Miquel
Miquel was last recorded in 2023, when 8 babies were given it; 2,123 Americans have been recorded with it between 1926 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,940 Americans named Miquel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 28 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Miquel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Miquel mean?
Wiktionary, Catalan section
Miquel is “a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael” Its etymology gives the sense “who is like God?” (מיכאל).
Borrowed from Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”). Compare Spanish Miguel.
[miˈke̞l]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Catalan section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Miquel?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,457, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
66 babies in 1986, the peak
Miquel peaked in 1986, when 66 babies were given it (61 boys, #1,239 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #9,457 | 4.7 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,365 | 8.0 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,427 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,878 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | 10 | #8,010 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 7 | #10,377 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,953 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,591 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,947 | 6.3 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,924 | 6.2 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 18 | #5,103 | 9.5 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,378 | 5.8 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,770 | 10.5 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,646 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,378 | 11.6 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,676 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,746 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,131 | 17.0 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,897 | 12.0 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,598 | 13.1 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,414 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,058 | 15.5 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,113 | 14.9 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,715 | 17.3 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,185 | 22.4 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,334 | 19.9 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,951 | 13.8 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,002 | 23.2 |
| 1995 | 45 | #1,901 | 23.6 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,026 | 21.2 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,192 | 18.4 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,626 | 27.0 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,732 | 23.3 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,598 | 25.3 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,628 | 24.5 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,603 | 23.5 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,601 | 23.6 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,239 | 33.1 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,272 | 30.8 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,377 | 26.6 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,461 | 24.0 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,476 | 23.7 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,244 | 30.7 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,351 | 27.5 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,415 | 25.6 |
| 1978 | 40 | #1,483 | 24.4 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,812 | 17.6 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,464 | 24.2 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,315 | 28.2 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,608 | 19.7 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,605 | 19.2 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,592 | 18.5 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,621 | 17.0 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,449 | 18.3 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,593 | 15.1 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,719 | 12.7 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,558 | 14.3 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,863 | 10.1 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,760 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,277 | 7.0 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,496 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,161 | 7.3 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,278 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 9 | #3,013 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,265 | 6.6 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,141 | 7.1 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,928 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,065 | 7.6 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,908 | 4.4 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,183 | 6.9 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,362 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,222 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 5 | #4,079 | 2.7 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,229 | 3.9 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,741 | 5.1 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,694 | 5.9 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,754 | 3.7 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,522 | 6.1 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,044 | 5.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Miquel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,123 Americans recorded as Miquel, 4% are girls and 96% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Miquel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Miquel, and how old are they?
1,940 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 2,123 Americans ever recorded as Miquel. The median Miquel alive today is 38 years old; half are between 28 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 2,107 people named Miquel (139 women and girls, 1,968 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,949 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 133 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 472 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 777 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 432 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 121 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Miquel born?
The states with the most babies named Miquel are Texas, New York and California, with 85% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 163 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 139 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 92 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New Jersey | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 11 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| South Carolina | 10 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Maryland | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Miquel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Miquel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Miquel and names like it
- Compare Miquel and GeraldoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sMiquel peaked in 1986.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Miquel since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Miquel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1986The year the most babies were named Miquel.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Miquel alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.