Meaning not yet researched.
Miguel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,661 in 2025. Its best rank was #86 in 2000.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #86 in 2000; #212 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Miguel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#212 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2000, at #86.
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Miguel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,661 boys in 2025. Peak: #86 in 2000 · most boys in one year: 4,906 (2007).
In 2025, 1,661 US boys were named Miguel, making it the 212th most common boys’ name of the year, down 23 places from #189 in 2024. That is 270 fewer than the 1,931 boys named Miguel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #86, reached in 2000. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,906, in 2007. For comparison, it was #161 in 2015 and #324 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Miguel in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 191,562 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 46,223 babies named Miguel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 20,687 US boys were named Miguel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,507. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,028 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Miguel ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #84 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Michael (4,448,633 babies since 1880), Michele (226,063 babies since 1880), Michel (14,094 babies since 1880) and Mitchel (13,309 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Migel, Micael and Meguel are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Michael, Miggy, Miguael, Miguaell, Miguail and Miguaill.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Migel (1,718), Micael (731), Meguel (21), Migual (10).
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.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 22 | #84 | #55 |
| Arizona | 74 | #113 | #89 |
| Texas | 352 | #113 | #80 |
| California | 334 | #119 | #85 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | #164 | #197 |
| Florida | 126 | #178 | #155 |
| Illinois | 66 | #181 | #144 |
| Kansas | 22 | #186 | #189 |
| Colorado | 36 | #194 | #215 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #195 | #148 |
| Nevada | 14 | #224 | #120 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | #229 | #210 |
| Washington | 34 | #234 | #136 |
| Nebraska | 11 | #237 | #213 |
| New Jersey | 41 | #237 | #190 |
| North Carolina | 52 | #240 | #220 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #244 | #168 |
| Alabama | 21 | #269 | #322 |
| Iowa | 13 | #301 | #224 |
| Virginia | 28 | #301 | #281 |
| Oregon | 14 | #306 | #168 |
| Michigan | 26 | #342 | #300 |
| Utah | 14 | #344 | #314 |
| Georgia | 34 | #353 | #160 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #367 | #248 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #367 | #244 |
| Maryland | 14 | #385 | #324 |
| Louisiana | 13 | #390 | #300 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #398 | #316 |
| New York | 43 | #403 | #195 |
| Idaho | 6 | #416 | #281 |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | #437 | #332 |
| Indiana | 16 | #448 | #218 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #533 | #289 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #538 | #292 |
| Ohio | 17 | #589 | #462 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #590 | #412 |
| Missouri | 9 | #628 | #344 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #692 | #335 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,661 | #212 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,931 | #189 |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,809 | 1,895 | #194 |
| 2022 | — | — | 2,040 | #185 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,950 | #196 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,053 | #189 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,221 | 2,185 | #178 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,185 | #179 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,280 | #176 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,994 | 2,507 | #163 |
| 2015 | — | — | 2,573 | #161 |
| 2014 | — | — | 2,757 | #147 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,914 | 2,888 | #135 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,942 | #131 |
| 2011 | — | — | 3,169 | #126 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,476 | 3,457 | #113 |
| 2009 | — | — | 4,174 | #100 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,297 | 4,450 | #101 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,503 | 4,906 | #94 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,614 | 4,903 | #89 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,263 | 4,677 | #93 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,101 | 4,525 | #96 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,186 | 4,592 | #95 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,597 | 4,644 | #89 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,204 | 4,558 | #87 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,625 | 4,673 | #86 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,391 | 4,207 | #91 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,987 | 4,256 | #90 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,712 | 4,234 | #91 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,409 | 4,160 | #91 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,643 | 3,953 | #94 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,583 | 4,033 | #94 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,329 | 4,349 | #88 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,903 | 4,173 | #90 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,508 | 3,948 | #92 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,054 | 3,696 | #101 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,208 | 3,083 | #108 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,768 | 2,735 | #111 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,889 | 2,637 | #110 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,473 | 2,578 | #111 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,057 | 2,525 | #113 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,655 | 2,419 | #113 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,708 | 2,378 | #114 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,607 | 2,630 | #110 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,463 | 2,400 | #116 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,975 | 2,177 | #128 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,741 | 1,960 | #137 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,839 | 1,829 | #144 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,353 | 1,756 | #145 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,366 | 1,758 | #143 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,287 | 1,657 | #148 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,395 | 1,658 | #147 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,282 | 1,461 | #163 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,133 | 1,421 | #174 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,888 | 1,472 | #180 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,964 | 1,344 | #197 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,908 | 1,304 | #198 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,930 | 1,107 | #212 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,498 | 1,056 | #216 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,314 | 1,017 | #220 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,119 | 951 | #238 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,875 | 951 | #249 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,707 | 881 | #260 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,668 | 871 | #259 |
| 1961 | — | — | 827 | #273 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,370 | 818 | #279 |
| 1959 | — | — | 799 | #281 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,775 | 771 | #275 |
| 1957 | — | — | 742 | #278 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,276 | 668 | #284 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,644 | 613 | #289 |
| 1954 | — | — | 610 | #285 |
| 1953 | — | — | 545 | #304 |
| 1952 | — | — | 511 | #315 |
| 1951 | — | — | 464 | #322 |
| 1950 | — | — | 443 | #324 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,534 | 368 | #353 |
| 1948 | — | — | 383 | #343 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,857 | 292 | #403 |
| 1946 | — | — | 262 | #398 |
| 1945 | — | — | 226 | #399 |
| 1944 | — | — | 216 | #409 |
| 1943 | — | — | 214 | #424 |
| 1942 | — | — | 183 | #456 |
| 1941 | — | — | 166 | #460 |
| 1940 | — | — | 170 | #446 |
| 1939 | — | — | 161 | #455 |
| 1938 | — | — | 139 | #493 |
| 1937 | — | — | 143 | #474 |
| 1936 | — | — | 155 | #453 |
| 1935 | — | — | 145 | #472 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,769 | 153 | #455 |
| 1933 | — | — | 179 | #404 |
| 1932 | — | — | 171 | #427 |
| 1931 | — | — | 189 | #409 |
| 1930 | — | — | 221 | #383 |
| 1929 | — | — | 245 | #363 |
| 1928 | — | — | 226 | #397 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,646 | 201 | #428 |
| 1926 | — | — | 195 | #434 |
| 1925 | — | — | 191 | #432 |
| 1924 | — | — | 191 | #443 |
| 1923 | — | — | 175 | #464 |
| 1922 | — | — | 161 | #485 |
| 1921 | — | — | 128 | #557 |
| 1920 | — | — | 127 | #547 |
| 1919 | — | — | 137 | #510 |
| 1918 | — | — | 102 | #610 |
| 1917 | — | — | 107 | #574 |
| 1916 | — | — | 89 | #619 |
| 1915 | — | — | 104 | #554 |
| 1914 | — | — | 68 | #613 |
| 1913 | — | — | 61 | #557 |
| 1912 | — | — | 47 | #597 |
| 1911 | — | — | 36 | #493 |
| 1910 | — | — | 32 | #497 |
| 1909 | — | — | 18 | #647 |
| 1908 | — | — | 24 | #519 |
| 1907 | — | — | 19 | #580 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #536 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #444 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #529 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #515 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #469 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #579 |
| 1900 | — | — | 17 | #617 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #539 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #623 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #573 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #948 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #519 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #586 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #598 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #509 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #817 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #717 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #765 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #531 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #627 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #687 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #548 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #631 |
| 1881 | — | — | 9 | #632 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #551 |
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).