Michael is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #31 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,107 babies. Michael first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1957 (93,036 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,107 | #31 |
| 2024 | 8,245 | #27 |
| 2023 | 8,450 | #25 |
| 2022 | 8,914 | #26 |
| 2021 | 9,177 | #26 |
| 2020 | 9,857 | #21 |
| 2019 | 10,652 | #24 |
| 2018 | 11,776 | #22 |
| 2017 | 12,760 | #19 |
| 2016 | 14,179 | #14 |
| 2015 | 14,540 | #15 |
| 2014 | 15,540 | #12 |
| 2013 | 15,583 | #11 |
| 2012 | 16,238 | #12 |
| 2011 | 16,859 | #10 |
| 2010 | 17,424 | #6 |
| 2009 | 19,009 | #5 |
| 2008 | 20,707 | #2 |
| 2007 | 22,079 | #2 |
| 2006 | 22,717 | #2 |
| 2005 | 23,889 | #3 |
| 2004 | 25,618 | #2 |
| 2003 | 27,223 | #2 |
| 2002 | 28,353 | #2 |
| 2001 | 29,785 | #2 |
| 2000 | 32,159 | #2 |
| 1999 | 34,038 | #2 |
| 1998 | 36,746 | #1 |
| 1997 | 37,704 | #1 |
| 1996 | 38,530 | #1 |
| 1995 | 41,576 | #1 |
| 1994 | 44,669 | #1 |
| 1993 | 49,794 | #1 |
| 1992 | 54,668 | #1 |
| 1991 | 61,077 | #1 |
| 1990 | 65,598 | #1 |
| 1989 | 65,778 | #1 |
| 1988 | 64,651 | #1 |
| 1987 | 64,208 | #1 |
| 1986 | 64,825 | #1 |
| 1985 | 65,465 | #1 |
| 1984 | 68,243 | #1 |
| 1983 | 68,581 | #1 |
| 1982 | 68,792 | #1 |
| 1981 | 69,237 | #1 |
| 1980 | 69,229 | #1 |
| 1979 | 68,267 | #1 |
| 1978 | 67,672 | #1 |
| 1977 | 68,147 | #1 |
| 1976 | 67,430 | #1 |
| 1975 | 68,975 | #1 |
| 1974 | 68,059 | #1 |
| 1973 | 68,248 | #1 |
| 1972 | 71,845 | #1 |
| 1971 | 78,036 | #1 |
| 1970 | 85,723 | #1 |
| 1969 | 85,621 | #1 |
| 1968 | 82,439 | #1 |
| 1967 | 82,784 | #1 |
| 1966 | 80,331 | #1 |
| 1965 | 81,347 | #1 |
| 1964 | 82,920 | #1 |
| 1963 | 84,147 | #1 |
| 1962 | 85,415 | #1 |
| 1961 | 87,298 | #1 |
| 1960 | 84,469 | #2 |
| 1959 | 85,579 | #1 |
| 1958 | 90,899 | #1 |
| 1957 | 93,036 | #1 |
| 1956 | 90,929 | #1 |
| 1955 | 88,605 | #1 |
| 1954 | 88,785 | #1 |
| 1953 | 84,430 | #3 |
| 1952 | 79,227 | #4 |
| 1951 | 72,979 | #5 |
| 1950 | 65,315 | #6 |
| 1949 | 60,235 | #7 |
| 1948 | 52,736 | #8 |
| 1947 | 50,679 | #10 |
| 1946 | 41,363 | #11 |
| 1945 | 30,060 | #14 |
| 1944 | 26,885 | #14 |
| 1943 | 24,933 | #17 |
| 1942 | 21,884 | #21 |
| 1941 | 16,032 | #27 |
| 1940 | 13,308 | #32 |
| 1939 | 10,909 | #32 |
| 1938 | 9,135 | #43 |
| 1937 | 7,141 | #56 |
| 1936 | 5,840 | #68 |
| 1935 | 4,938 | #78 |
| 1934 | 4,128 | #98 |
| 1933 | 3,575 | #117 |
| 1932 | 3,627 | #123 |
| 1931 | 3,513 | #130 |
| 1930 | 3,579 | #127 |
| 1929 | 3,497 | #130 |
| 1928 | 3,631 | #126 |
| 1927 | 3,634 | #128 |
| 1926 | 3,517 | #134 |
| 1925 | 3,795 | #127 |
| 1924 | 3,910 | #123 |
| 1923 | 3,944 | #117 |
| 1922 | 4,021 | #113 |
| 1921 | 4,222 | #112 |
| 1920 | 4,025 | #118 |
| 1919 | 3,933 | #109 |
| 1918 | 4,326 | #105 |
| 1917 | 4,300 | #100 |
| 1916 | 4,228 | #100 |
| 1915 | 4,093 | #99 |
| 1914 | 3,378 | #94 |
| 1913 | 2,619 | #100 |
| 1912 | 2,112 | #106 |
| 1911 | 1,166 | #122 |
| 1910 | 853 | #147 |
| 1909 | 642 | #162 |
| 1908 | 688 | #148 |
| 1907 | 586 | #160 |
| 1906 | 536 | #162 |
| 1905 | 513 | #171 |
| 1904 | 462 | #182 |
| 1903 | 466 | #167 |
| 1902 | 460 | #175 |
| 1901 | 384 | #184 |
| 1900 | 495 | #183 |
| 1899 | 375 | #181 |
| 1898 | 434 | #174 |
| 1897 | 375 | #185 |
| 1896 | 399 | #174 |
| 1895 | 413 | #169 |
| 1894 | 423 | #164 |
| 1893 | 407 | #158 |
| 1892 | 380 | #178 |
| 1891 | 333 | #177 |
| 1890 | 394 | #154 |
| 1889 | 377 | #158 |
| 1888 | 466 | #134 |
| 1887 | 344 | #144 |
| 1886 | 348 | #152 |
| 1885 | 370 | #133 |
| 1884 | 373 | #131 |
| 1883 | 307 | #144 |
| 1882 | 321 | #137 |
| 1881 | 298 | #133 |
| 1880 | 354 | #116 |