Micheal Boy
How popular is Micheal?
#1,401 boy name in 2025
130 baby boys were named Micheal in the US in 2025, making it the 1401st most popular boy name.
Micheal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,401 for boys (▼ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 130 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #838 in 2015, #1,046 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (4,831 boys) |
| Highest rank | #83 in 1956 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Micheal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Micheal family of names ranked #1,123 for boys in 2025 (#1,038 the year before), with 157 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Micheal is most popular
Babies named Micheal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Micheal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | #381 |
| 1890s | 119 | #438 |
| 1900s | 218 | #370 |
| 1910s | 1,249 | #396 |
| 1920s | 1,460 | #458 |
| 1930s | 1,403 | #358 |
| 1940s | 10,619 | #122 |
| 1950s | 40,908 | #83 |
| 1960s | 31,979 | #103 |
| 1970s | 23,798 | #102 |
| 1980s | 18,735 | #132 |
| 1990s | 12,871 | #175 |
| 2000s | 7,271 | #302 |
| 2010s | 3,004 | #548 |
| 2020s | 943 | #1,046 |
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Questions
- Is Micheal a boy or girl name?
- Micheal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Micheal were boys.
- How popular is the name Micheal?
- 130 baby boys were named Micheal in the US in 2025, making it the 1401st most popular boy name.
- When was Micheal most popular?
- Micheal peaked in 1957, when 4,831 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #83 in 1956.
- How many people are named Micheal?
- 156,555 babies have been named Micheal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 125,062 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Micheal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Micheal was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.