How popular is “Michael” in the USA?
Number of people named “Michael” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Michael” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Michael” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Michael” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Michael” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Michael” by birth year
This chart shows how “Michael” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 354 | 0.001756963 | 354 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 298 | 0.001546542 | 298 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 321 | 0.001448994 | 321 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 307 | 0.001415105 | 307 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 373 | 0.001532073 | 373 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 370 | 0.0015362 | 370 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 348 | 0.001363011 | 348 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 344 | 0.0013905 | 344 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 466 | 0.001556062 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 377 | 0.001304742 | 377 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 394 | 0.001307229 | 394 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 333 | 0.001161606 | 333 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 380 | 0.001136452 | 380 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 407 | 0.001251449 | 407 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 423 | 0.00124893 | 423 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 413 | 0.001176568 | 413 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 399 | 0.001116134 | 399 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 375 | 0.001080826 | 7 | 368 | -96% |
| 1898 | 434 | 0.001137749 | 434 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 375 | 0.001105432 | 375 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 495 | 0.001099367 | 495 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 384 | 0.00111043 | 384 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 460 | 0.001189451 | 460 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 466 | 0.001222449 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 462 | 0.001145024 | 462 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 513 | 0.001210123 | 513 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 536 | 0.001251018 | 5 | 531 | -98% |
| 1907 | 586 | 0.001259156 | 586 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 688 | 0.001407961 | 688 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 642 | 0.00125581 | 7 | 635 | -98% |
| 1910 | 853 | 0.001444023 | 9 | 844 | -98% |
| 1911 | 1166 | 0.001809778 | 7 | 1159 | -99% |
| 1912 | 2112 | 0.00213752 | 8 | 2104 | -99% |
| 1913 | 2619 | 0.002303205 | 12 | 2607 | -99% |
| 1914 | 3378 | 0.00238501 | 16 | 3362 | -99% |
| 1915 | 4094 | 0.002234192 | 14 | 4080 | -99% |
| 1916 | 4228 | 0.002185674 | 18 | 4210 | -99% |
| 1917 | 4300 | 0.002142768 | 12 | 4288 | -99% |
| 1918 | 4326 | 0.001992527 | 30 | 4296 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3934 | 0.001864237 | 24 | 3910 | -99% |
| 1920 | 4025 | 0.001778893 | 22 | 4003 | -99% |
| 1921 | 4222 | 0.001808522 | 24 | 4198 | -99% |
| 1922 | 4021 | 0.001756543 | 31 | 3990 | -98% |
| 1923 | 3944 | 0.001712933 | 29 | 3915 | -99% |
| 1924 | 3910 | 0.001641745 | 36 | 3874 | -98% |
| 1925 | 3795 | 0.001626448 | 34 | 3761 | -98% |
| 1926 | 3517 | 0.001531863 | 32 | 3485 | -98% |
| 1927 | 3635 | 0.001567242 | 29 | 3606 | -98% |
| 1928 | 3630 | 0.001605539 | 33 | 3597 | -98% |
| 1929 | 3498 | 0.001595692 | 33 | 3465 | -98% |
| 1930 | 3578 | 0.001609328 | 36 | 3542 | -98% |
| 1931 | 3513 | 0.001669386 | 24 | 3489 | -99% |
| 1932 | 3627 | 0.001717917 | 20 | 3607 | -99% |
| 1933 | 3575 | 0.001788008 | 26 | 3549 | -99% |
| 1934 | 4127 | 0.00198719 | 20 | 4107 | -99% |
| 1935 | 4939 | 0.002363303 | 32 | 4907 | -99% |
| 1936 | 5840 | 0.002810989 | 40 | 5800 | -99% |
| 1937 | 7142 | 0.003352057 | 47 | 7095 | -99% |
| 1938 | 9132 | 0.004127323 | 58 | 9074 | -99% |
| 1939 | 10910 | 0.004951385 | 81 | 10829 | -99% |
| 1940 | 13308 | 0.005779461 | 80 | 13228 | -99% |
| 1941 | 16031 | 0.006579849 | 97 | 15934 | -99% |
| 1942 | 21885 | 0.008011324 | 156 | 21729 | -99% |
| 1943 | 24933 | 0.008833483 | 188 | 24745 | -98% |
| 1944 | 26885 | 0.009994215 | 168 | 26717 | -99% |
| 1945 | 30060 | 0.011331129 | 158 | 29902 | -99% |
| 1946 | 41361 | 0.012944422 | 169 | 41192 | -99% |
| 1947 | 50675 | 0.014067558 | 173 | 50502 | -99% |
| 1948 | 52736 | 0.015274702 | 170 | 52566 | -99% |
| 1949 | 60234 | 0.017285082 | 188 | 60046 | -99% |
| 1950 | 65316 | 0.018643774 | 179 | 65137 | -99% |
| 1951 | 72975 | 0.019810133 | 172 | 72803 | -100% |
| 1952 | 79228 | 0.020860421 | 190 | 79038 | -100% |
| 1953 | 84433 | 0.021910094 | 232 | 84201 | -99% |
| 1954 | 88779 | 0.022302449 | 216 | 88563 | -100% |
| 1955 | 88605 | 0.022068318 | 250 | 88355 | -99% |
| 1956 | 90932 | 0.022054611 | 239 | 90693 | -99% |
| 1957 | 93031 | 0.022139369 | 254 | 92777 | -99% |
| 1958 | 90909 | 0.021989241 | 295 | 90614 | -99% |
| 1959 | 85534 | 0.020577278 | 285 | 85249 | -99% |
| 1960 | 84469 | 0.020334763 | 316 | 84153 | -99% |
| 1961 | 87275 | 0.021070978 | 325 | 86950 | -99% |
| 1962 | 85390 | 0.021163268 | 355 | 85035 | -99% |
| 1963 | 84149 | 0.021258703 | 377 | 83772 | -99% |
| 1964 | 82920 | 0.021329552 | 303 | 82617 | -99% |
| 1965 | 81356 | 0.022440057 | 355 | 81001 | -99% |
| 1966 | 80333 | 0.023113612 | 346 | 79987 | -99% |
| 1967 | 82784 | 0.024384934 | 373 | 82411 | -99% |
| 1968 | 82444 | 0.024403535 | 471 | 81973 | -99% |
| 1969 | 85620 | 0.024636375 | 458 | 85162 | -99% |
| 1970 | 85727 | 0.023770124 | 457 | 85270 | -99% |
| 1971 | 78042 | 0.02273763 | 459 | 77583 | -99% |
| 1972 | 71838 | 0.022856375 | 452 | 71386 | -99% |
| 1973 | 68261 | 0.022626566 | 451 | 67810 | -99% |
| 1974 | 68066 | 0.022390131 | 525 | 67541 | -98% |
| 1975 | 68979 | 0.022845471 | 557 | 68422 | -98% |
| 1976 | 67433 | 0.022223489 | 515 | 66918 | -98% |
| 1977 | 68152 | 0.021455655 | 560 | 67592 | -98% |
| 1978 | 67680 | 0.021324461 | 545 | 67135 | -98% |
| 1979 | 68274 | 0.02052143 | 554 | 67720 | -98% |
| 1980 | 69233 | 0.020099638 | 546 | 68687 | -98% |
| 1981 | 69252 | 0.020018883 | 487 | 68765 | -99% |
| 1982 | 68807 | 0.019614641 | 576 | 68231 | -98% |
| 1983 | 68573 | 0.019800039 | 577 | 67996 | -98% |
| 1984 | 68250 | 0.019563409 | 508 | 67742 | -99% |
| 1985 | 65461 | 0.018341681 | 531 | 64930 | -98% |
| 1986 | 64817 | 0.018222654 | 590 | 64227 | -98% |
| 1987 | 64207 | 0.017808121 | 544 | 63663 | -98% |
| 1988 | 64643 | 0.017495381 | 480 | 64163 | -99% |
| 1989 | 65772 | 0.017108824 | 363 | 65409 | -99% |
| 1990 | 65590 | 0.016595623 | 277 | 65313 | -99% |
| 1991 | 61070 | 0.015678722 | 267 | 60803 | -99% |
| 1992 | 54657 | 0.014229592 | 258 | 54399 | -99% |
| 1993 | 49785 | 0.013205097 | 223 | 49562 | -99% |
| 1994 | 44662 | 0.012014049 | 192 | 44470 | -99% |
| 1995 | 41575 | 0.011353023 | 167 | 41408 | -99% |
| 1996 | 38526 | 0.010563623 | 157 | 38369 | -99% |
| 1997 | 37699 | 0.010397911 | 142 | 37557 | -99% |
| 1998 | 36745 | 0.009990245 | 128 | 36617 | -99% |
| 1999 | 34036 | 0.009214489 | 123 | 33913 | -99% |
| 2000 | 32156 | 0.008507349 | 114 | 32042 | -99% |
| 2001 | 29784 | 0.007956688 | 96 | 29688 | -99% |
| 2002 | 28352 | 0.007584535 | 95 | 28257 | -99% |
| 2003 | 27220 | 0.00715936 | 94 | 27126 | -99% |
| 2004 | 25617 | 0.00670491 | 148 | 25469 | -99% |
| 2005 | 23887 | 0.006213216 | 61 | 23826 | -99% |
| 2006 | 22713 | 0.005741703 | 64 | 22649 | -99% |
| 2007 | 22071 | 0.005521536 | 51 | 22020 | -100% |
| 2008 | 20700 | 0.005267044 | 55 | 20645 | -99% |
| 2009 | 19002 | 0.004975005 | 45 | 18957 | -100% |
| 2010 | 17413 | 0.004712398 | 37 | 17376 | -100% |
| 2011 | 16857 | 0.004609323 | 36 | 16821 | -100% |
| 2012 | 16234 | 0.004439586 | 27 | 16207 | -100% |
| 2013 | 15575 | 0.004273209 | 39 | 15536 | -99% |
| 2014 | 15528 | 0.004190622 | 35 | 15493 | -100% |
| 2015 | 14521 | 0.003924755 | 36 | 14485 | -100% |
| 2016 | 14163 | 0.003861736 | 34 | 14129 | -100% |
| 2017 | 12749 | 0.003566436 | 34 | 12715 | -99% |
| 2018 | 11760 | 0.003346471 | 20 | 11740 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10637 | 0.003066486 | 33 | 10604 | -99% |
| 2020 | 9843 | 0.002948909 | 24 | 9819 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9147 | 0.002702466 | 25 | 9122 | -99% |
| 2022 | 8895 | 0.002632739 | 19 | 8876 | -100% |
| 2023 | 8403 | 0.00254849 | 20 | 8383 | -100% |