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Michael Compassionate • Sociable • Loving
Michael Compassionate • Sociable • Loving
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MichaelCompassionate • Sociable • Loving
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Name Of The Protector Archangel Who Won Against Satan And Sent Him To Hell.
Made famous by celebrities like Michael Jackson or Michael Jordan. .
Michael Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.51%
Male
0.49%
Female
Michael is predominantly a boys name, with 0.49% of Michaels being girls, and 99.51% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 4394136 males named Michael, and 21812 females given the name
Popularity of Michael by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Michael in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Michael: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Michael' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Michael in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Michael's average ranking is 386.28, with it's highest ever rank being #. Michael has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 70 times, and has reached the top hundred names 141 times.
Michael has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 4415948 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Michael gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1949, when it's usage went up by 112.98%. During this year, 60046 babies were named Michael, which was 1.7694% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 2.484%, in this year alone more than 93000 boys were named Michael.
Popular 'M' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'M'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with M. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'M' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'M-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | 1. | 7. | 15192 | 0.42% |
| Michael | 2. | 13. | 13998 | 0.387% |
| Matthew | 3. | 21. | 12551 | 0.347% |
| Mateo | 4. | 82. | 6526 | 0.18% |
| Miles | 5. | 179. | 3714 | 0.103% |
| Maxwell | 6. | 190. | 3559 | 0.098% |
| Micah | 7. | 196. | 3447 | 0.095% |
| Max | 8. | 200. | 3394 | 0.094% |
| Maverick | 9. | 243. | 2940 | 0.081% |
| Maddox | 10. | 248. | 2887 | 0.08% |
| Malachi | 11. | 278. | 2585 | 0.071% |
| Miguel | 12. | 286. | 2492 | 0.069% |
| Matteo | 13. | 297. | 2377 | 0.066% |
| Marcus | 14. | 324. | 2156 | 0.06% |
| Maximus | 15. | 332. | 2108 | 0.058% |
| Mark | 16. | 342. | 2057 | 0.057% |
| Messiah | 17. | 400. | 1776 | 0.049% |
| Myles | 18. | 421. | 1688 | 0.047% |
| Milo | 19. | 461. | 1495 | 0.041% |
| Martin | 20. | 482. | 1391 | 0.038% |