Boys' name · peaked in 1957
Micheal name popularity since 1925
154,018 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Micheal (1.2% girls, 98.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Micheal is about 60 years old in 2026. Micheal peaked in 1957 as the #85 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 154,018
- Named Micheal, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,406 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.8% boys
- 1,831 girls · 152,187 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 1.95× its national share
Peak year is the year Micheal made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Micheal births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Micheal both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1937 and 1942, Micheal became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 7,460 baby boys to 1 in 2,650.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 3,670 to 1 in 6,840.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Micheal's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Micheal.
Decade by decade
Babies named Micheal in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 656 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 1,403 | #507 |
| 1940s | 97 | 10,619 | #173 |
| 1950s | 230 | 40,908 | #87 |
| 1960s | 378 | 31,979 | #118 |
| 1970s | 526 | 23,798 | #104 |
| 1980s | 373 | 18,735 | #155 |
| 1990s | 147 | 12,871 | #247 |
| 2000s | 64 | 7,271 | #407 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3,004 | #839 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 943 | #1,406 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.5% of babies named Micheal from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Micheal is most popular
The index compares Micheal's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Micheal.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1.95× | 3,570 |
| Louisiana | 1.90× | 5,176 |
| Alabama | 1.63× | 4,372 |
| Tennessee | 1.60× | 5,090 |
| Oklahoma | 1.57× | 3,103 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Micheal and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Micheal (this page) | 152,187 | 1957 |
| Michael | 4,363,211 | 1969 |
| Michial | 1,123 | 1950 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Micheal's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Micheal.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Micheal (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data