The name Michael is of Hebrew origin, and means who is like God?
The table below indicates the number of times the name Michael has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Michael
Use of the Name Michael for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,114,956
3,252,301
1,266,196
329,066
141,515
51,903
25,003
The table below indicates the number of times the name Michael has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Michael
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
46
354
1881
54
299
1882
57
321
1883
55
307
1884
51
373
1885
46
371
1886
53
348
1887
48
345
1888
46
467
1889
51
378
1890
48
396
1891
54
334
1892
59
380
1893
49
409
1894
50
425
1895
52
414
1896
52
403
1897
57
369
1898
52
434
1899
51
376
1900
51
504
1901
52
384
1902
48
463
1903
47
466
1904
50
464
1905
45
514
1906
46
531
1907
48
584
1908
43
688
1909
47
636
1910
45
840
1911
38
1,162
1912
42
2,105
1913
40
2,607
1914
40
3,362
1915
43
4,093
1916
44
4,210
1917
44
4,301
1918
45
4,298
1919
46
3,918
1920
50
3,995
1921
47
4,202
1922
48
3,988
1923
50
3,913
1924
54
3,879
1925
55
3,760
1926
56
3,483
1927
52
3,605
1928
53
3,588
1929
54
3,459
1930
54
3,536
1931
55
3,492
1932
54
3,603
1933
53
3,546
1934
47
4,116
1935
41
4,905
1936
33
5,800
1937
27
7,094
1938
21
9,066
939
58
1939
18
10,845
764
81
1940
18
13,213
787
81
1941
16
15,953
723
96
1942
13
21,772
596
156
1943
10
24,666
554
186
1944
9
26,660
563
168
1945
9
29,929
582
158
1946
7
41,083
611
169
1947
7
50,380
633
175
1948
6
52,466
639
169
1949
5
59,843
600
190
1950
4
65,143
630
183
1951
4
72,559
668
172
1952
4
78,980
644
191
1953
3
84,089
577
236
1954
1
88,411
618
216
1955
1
88,227
578
250
1956
1
90,484
614
244
1957
1
92,652
614
254
1958
1
90,391
567
298
1959
1
85,245
590
282
1960
2
84,139
546
318
1961
1
86,793
547
325
1962
1
84,949
520
355
1963
1
83,735
501
377
1964
1
82,592
567
300
1965
1
81,005
504
355
1966
1
79,900
510
344
1967
1
82,385
492
375
1968
1
81,949
440
470
1969
1
85,111
452
456
1970
1
85,210
460
457
1971
1
77,459
448
459
1972
1
71,332
432
450
1973
1
67,752
432
449
1974
1
67,470
392
524
1975
1
68,313
373
557
1976
1
66,870
397
514
1977
1
67,489
378
561
1978
1
67,021
384
546
1979
1
67,632
395
551
1980
1
68,561
409
546
1981
1
68,658
437
489
1982
1
68,096
404
575
1983
1
67,911
385
578
1984
1
67,650
421
508
1985
1
64,826
419
530
1986
1
64,123
390
590
1987
1
63,628
410
544
1988
1
64,029
469
480
1989
1
65,362
595
363
1990
1
65,240
751
277
1991
1
60,766
768
268
1992
1
54,320
788
258
1993
1
49,523
876
221
1994
1
44,437
969
192
1995
1
41,367
1996
1
38,318
1997
1
37,503
1998
1
36,547
1999
2
33,816
2000
2
31,942
2001
2
29,577
2002
2
28,093
2003
2
26,900
2004
2
25,003
Totals:
4,114,956
19,175
During the last 125 years, parents have used Michael as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.