Miguel
Miguel is ranked 189th among boys in 2024 (1,924 births). Its best rank was 86th, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #189up 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,9240.11% of boys
- Peak year
- 20074,906 births
- Best rank
- #86in 2000
- Since 1880
- 188,883people given the name
The story in the numbers
188,883 boys have been named Miguel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 4,906 births — 0.24% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 147 → 189).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 24%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 18 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Miguel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | |
| 1890s | 121 | |
| 1900s | 192 | |
| 1910s | 783 | |
| 1920s | 1,840 | |
| 1930s | 1,656 | |
| 1940s | 2,480 | |
| 1950s | 6,166 | |
| 1960s | 9,781 | |
| 1970s | 16,315 | |
| 1980s | 25,560 | |
| 1990s | 41,010 | |
| 2000s | 46,099 | |
| 2010s | 26,939 | |
| 2020s | 9,858 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Miguel was the 94th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Miguel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Luispeak 2007
- Marcospeak 2001
- Fernandopeak 2006
- Marcopeak 2005
- Gustavopeak 2000
- Octaviopeak 2003
- Sergiopeak 1995
- Javierpeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.