Meaning not yet researched.
Micheal: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 130 in 2025. Its best rank was #83 in 1956.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #83 in 1956; #1,406 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Micheal in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,406 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1956, at #83.
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Micheal: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 130 boys in 2025. Peak: #83 in 1956 · most boys in one year: 4,831 (1957).
In 2025, 130 US boys were named Micheal, making it the 1,406th most common boys’ name of the year, down 70 places from #1,336 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 144 boys named Micheal in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #83, reached in 1956. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,831, in 1957. For comparison, it was #839 in 2015 and #104 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Micheal in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 156,555 US babies have been given the name, 1.2% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 41,138 babies named Micheal.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,805 US boys were named Micheal; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 243. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,139 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Micheal ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #900 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Michael (4,448,633 babies since 1880), Michelle (819,760 babies since 1880), Michele (226,063 babies since 1880) and Michel (14,094 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mycheal are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mike, Mikey and Miky.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Mycheal (101).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 6 | #900 | — |
| Texas | 22 | #1,063 | #808 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,069 | #620 |
| New York | 11 | #1,095 | #851 |
| Florida | 10 | #1,241 | #1,475 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,370 | #783 |
| California | 5 | #2,678 | #1,356 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 130 | #1,406 |
| 2024 | — | — | 144 | #1,336 |
| 2023 | — | — | 156 | #1,246 |
| 2022 | — | — | 146 | #1,304 |
| 2021 | — | — | 174 | #1,154 |
| 2020 | — | — | 193 | #1,048 |
| 2019 | — | — | 173 | #1,131 |
| 2018 | — | — | 204 | #1,013 |
| 2017 | — | — | 243 | #887 |
| 2016 | — | — | 242 | #899 |
| 2015 | — | — | 268 | #839 |
| 2014 | — | — | 281 | #811 |
| 2013 | — | — | 349 | #687 |
| 2012 | — | — | 360 | #658 |
| 2011 | — | — | 423 | #591 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,936 | 461 | #548 |
| 2009 | — | — | 540 | #502 |
| 2008 | — | — | 584 | #475 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,501 | 647 | #435 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,477 | 690 | #418 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,282 | 684 | #407 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,688 | 695 | #390 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,487 | 771 | #356 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,228 | 791 | #347 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,604 | 875 | #323 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,654 | 994 | #302 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,611 | 1,055 | #280 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,380 | 1,053 | #271 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,465 | 1,068 | #265 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,974 | 1,068 | #262 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,864 | 1,156 | #247 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,440 | 1,273 | #233 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,364 | 1,308 | #226 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,198 | 1,484 | #208 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,147 | 1,635 | #192 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,632 | 1,771 | #175 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,462 | 1,833 | #164 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,859 | 1,785 | #157 |
| 1987 | 32 | #3,009 | 1,765 | #159 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,452 | 1,769 | #153 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,387 | 1,758 | #155 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,117 | 1,833 | #149 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,062 | 1,909 | #140 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,475 | 1,908 | #148 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,433 | 2,023 | #136 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,898 | 2,152 | #132 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,967 | 2,137 | #127 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,836 | 2,059 | #125 |
| 1977 | 74 | #1,493 | 2,215 | #122 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,763 | 2,181 | #116 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,768 | 2,441 | #104 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,638 | 2,491 | #102 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,679 | 2,476 | #106 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,778 | 2,609 | #108 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,321 | 2,557 | #124 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,978 | 2,632 | #126 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,970 | 2,720 | #120 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,767 | 2,604 | #114 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,805 | 2,700 | #115 |
| 1966 | 34 | #2,007 | 2,647 | #115 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,900 | 2,763 | #118 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,098 | 3,086 | #112 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,855 | 3,537 | #106 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,750 | 3,772 | #104 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,135 | 4,017 | #103 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,043 | 4,133 | #105 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,906 | 4,369 | #96 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,148 | 4,569 | #91 |
| 1957 | 30 | #2,017 | 4,831 | #85 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,990 | 4,732 | #83 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,921 | 4,530 | #87 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,864 | 4,178 | #88 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,480 | 3,987 | #88 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,755 | 3,613 | #94 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,687 | 3,276 | #97 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,507 | 2,823 | #104 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,483 | 2,381 | #122 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,920 | 1,801 | #148 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,730 | 1,629 | #159 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,986 | 1,238 | #168 |
| 1945 | — | — | 951 | #173 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,894 | 732 | #204 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,185 | 657 | #224 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,629 | 521 | #256 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,281 | 411 | #287 |
| 1940 | — | — | 298 | #333 |
| 1939 | — | — | 245 | #360 |
| 1938 | — | — | 189 | #413 |
| 1937 | — | — | 143 | #473 |
| 1936 | — | — | 128 | #502 |
| 1935 | — | — | 129 | #507 |
| 1934 | — | — | 105 | #578 |
| 1933 | — | — | 101 | #573 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,258 | 118 | #541 |
| 1931 | — | — | 122 | #525 |
| 1930 | — | — | 123 | #539 |
| 1929 | — | — | 110 | #568 |
| 1928 | — | — | 116 | #573 |
| 1927 | — | — | 140 | #517 |
| 1926 | — | — | 127 | #540 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,531 | 163 | #477 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,628 | 179 | #458 |
| 1923 | — | — | 157 | #490 |
| 1922 | — | — | 128 | #563 |
| 1921 | — | — | 166 | #475 |
| 1920 | — | — | 174 | #462 |
| 1919 | — | — | 159 | #476 |
| 1918 | — | — | 190 | #425 |
| 1917 | — | — | 204 | #396 |
| 1916 | — | — | 181 | #415 |
| 1915 | — | — | 172 | #412 |
| 1914 | — | — | 123 | #435 |
| 1913 | — | — | 98 | #431 |
| 1912 | — | — | 59 | #513 |
| 1911 | — | — | 38 | #479 |
| 1910 | — | — | 25 | #577 |
| 1909 | — | — | 29 | #482 |
| 1908 | — | — | 21 | #561 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #531 |
| 1906 | — | — | 22 | #485 |
| 1905 | — | — | 31 | #377 |
| 1904 | — | — | 25 | #425 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #482 |
| 1902 | — | — | 15 | #576 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #551 |
| 1900 | — | — | 20 | #547 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #449 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #729 |
| 1897 | — | — | 17 | #488 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #760 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #843 |
| 1894 | — | — | 16 | #513 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #637 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #670 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #921 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #588 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #764 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #436 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #618 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #530 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #594 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #462 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #510 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #507 |
| 1881 | — | — | 17 | #428 |
| 1880 | — | — | 20 | #390 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).