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 | 0.001546526 | 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 | 0.001556067 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 377 | 0.001304742 | 377 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 394 | 0.001307229 | 394 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 333 | 0.00116161 | 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 | 0.001137746 | 434 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 375 | 0.001105435 | 375 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 495 | 0.001099362 | 495 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 384 | 0.00111043 | 384 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 460 | 0.001189454 | 460 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 466 | 0.001222449 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 462 | 0.001145024 | 462 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 513 | 0.00121012 | 513 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 536 | 0.001251018 | 5 | 531 | -98% |
| 1907 | 586 | 0.001259154 | 586 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 688 | 0.001407955 | 688 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 642 | 0.00125581 | 7 | 635 | -98% |
| 1910 | 853 | 0.00144402 | 9 | 844 | -98% |
| 1911 | 1166 | 0.001809775 | 7 | 1159 | -99% |
| 1912 | 2112 | 0.002137522 | 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 | 0.00218567 | 18 | 4210 | -99% |
| 1917 | 4300 | 0.002142763 | 12 | 4288 | -99% |
| 1918 | 4326 | 0.001992529 | 30 | 4296 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3934 | 0.001864233 | 24 | 3910 | -99% |
| 1920 | 4025 | 0.001778888 | 22 | 4003 | -99% |
| 1921 | 4222 | 0.001808521 | 24 | 4198 | -99% |
| 1922 | 4021 | 0.001756546 | 31 | 3990 | -98% |
| 1923 | 3944 | 0.001712925 | 29 | 3915 | -99% |
| 1924 | 3910 | 0.001641739 | 36 | 3874 | -98% |
| 1925 | 3795 | 0.001626437 | 34 | 3761 | -98% |
| 1926 | 3517 | 0.001531864 | 32 | 3485 | -98% |
| 1927 | 3636 | 0.001567677 | 29 | 3607 | -98% |
| 1928 | 3629 | 0.001605112 | 33 | 3596 | -98% |
| 1929 | 3498 | 0.00159568 | 33 | 3465 | -98% |
| 1930 | 3578 | 0.001609334 | 36 | 3542 | -98% |
| 1931 | 3514 | 0.001669876 | 24 | 3490 | -99% |
| 1932 | 3627 | 0.001717929 | 20 | 3607 | -99% |
| 1933 | 3575 | 0.001788029 | 26 | 3549 | -99% |
| 1934 | 4127 | 0.001987224 | 20 | 4107 | -99% |
| 1935 | 4939 | 0.002363363 | 32 | 4907 | -99% |
| 1936 | 5840 | 0.002811037 | 40 | 5800 | -99% |
| 1937 | 7142 | 0.00335207 | 47 | 7095 | -99% |
| 1938 | 9134 | 0.004128244 | 58 | 9076 | -99% |
| 1939 | 10909 | 0.004950974 | 81 | 10828 | -99% |
| 1940 | 13308 | 0.005779556 | 80 | 13228 | -99% |
| 1941 | 16029 | 0.006579131 | 97 | 15932 | -99% |
| 1942 | 21885 | 0.008011418 | 156 | 21729 | -99% |
| 1943 | 24934 | 0.008833993 | 188 | 24746 | -98% |
| 1944 | 26885 | 0.009994398 | 168 | 26717 | -99% |
| 1945 | 30060 | 0.011331214 | 158 | 29902 | -99% |
| 1946 | 41360 | 0.012944222 | 169 | 41191 | -99% |
| 1947 | 50673 | 0.014067151 | 173 | 50500 | -99% |
| 1948 | 52734 | 0.015274238 | 170 | 52564 | -99% |
| 1949 | 60238 | 0.017286358 | 188 | 60050 | -99% |
| 1950 | 65318 | 0.018644152 | 179 | 65139 | -99% |
| 1951 | 72976 | 0.019810166 | 172 | 72804 | -100% |
| 1952 | 79231 | 0.020861056 | 190 | 79041 | -100% |
| 1953 | 84435 | 0.02191063 | 232 | 84203 | -99% |
| 1954 | 88781 | 0.022302805 | 216 | 88565 | -100% |
| 1955 | 88606 | 0.022068368 | 250 | 88356 | -99% |
| 1956 | 90935 | 0.022055088 | 239 | 90696 | -99% |
| 1957 | 93039 | 0.022138996 | 254 | 92785 | -99% |
| 1958 | 90861 | 0.021985512 | 294 | 90567 | -99% |
| 1959 | 85519 | 0.020573664 | 285 | 85234 | -99% |
| 1960 | 84485 | 0.020336803 | 316 | 84169 | -99% |
| 1961 | 87252 | 0.02107065 | 325 | 86927 | -99% |
| 1962 | 85387 | 0.021161335 | 355 | 85032 | -99% |
| 1963 | 84151 | 0.021257821 | 377 | 83774 | -99% |
| 1964 | 82931 | 0.021331783 | 303 | 82628 | -99% |
| 1965 | 81366 | 0.022441924 | 355 | 81011 | -99% |
| 1966 | 80329 | 0.023112062 | 346 | 79983 | -99% |
| 1967 | 82797 | 0.024387851 | 373 | 82424 | -99% |
| 1968 | 82451 | 0.024404205 | 471 | 81980 | -99% |
| 1969 | 85632 | 0.024637721 | 458 | 85174 | -99% |
| 1970 | 85731 | 0.023769079 | 457 | 85274 | -99% |
| 1971 | 78052 | 0.022739232 | 459 | 77593 | -99% |
| 1972 | 71839 | 0.022854505 | 452 | 71387 | -99% |
| 1973 | 68279 | 0.022630515 | 451 | 67828 | -99% |
| 1974 | 68075 | 0.022391574 | 525 | 67550 | -98% |
| 1975 | 68989 | 0.022846082 | 557 | 68432 | -98% |
| 1976 | 67443 | 0.022224426 | 515 | 66928 | -98% |
| 1977 | 68160 | 0.021456208 | 560 | 67600 | -98% |
| 1978 | 67687 | 0.021324174 | 545 | 67142 | -98% |
| 1979 | 68278 | 0.020520462 | 554 | 67724 | -98% |
| 1980 | 69236 | 0.020098472 | 546 | 68690 | -98% |
| 1981 | 69261 | 0.020020014 | 487 | 68774 | -99% |
| 1982 | 68816 | 0.01961587 | 576 | 68240 | -98% |
| 1983 | 68577 | 0.019800257 | 577 | 68000 | -98% |
| 1984 | 68257 | 0.019564966 | 508 | 67749 | -99% |
| 1985 | 65455 | 0.0183398 | 531 | 64924 | -98% |
| 1986 | 64818 | 0.018222911 | 590 | 64228 | -98% |
| 1987 | 64197 | 0.017805599 | 544 | 63653 | -98% |
| 1988 | 64641 | 0.017495323 | 480 | 64161 | -99% |
| 1989 | 65771 | 0.017108694 | 363 | 65408 | -99% |
| 1990 | 65583 | 0.016594443 | 277 | 65306 | -99% |
| 1991 | 61066 | 0.015678097 | 267 | 60799 | -99% |
| 1992 | 54657 | 0.014230021 | 258 | 54399 | -99% |
| 1993 | 49787 | 0.013206161 | 223 | 49564 | -99% |
| 1994 | 44662 | 0.012014453 | 192 | 44470 | -99% |
| 1995 | 41573 | 0.01135289 | 167 | 41406 | -99% |
| 1996 | 38523 | 0.010563166 | 157 | 38366 | -99% |
| 1997 | 37693 | 0.010396555 | 142 | 37551 | -99% |
| 1998 | 36745 | 0.009990536 | 128 | 36617 | -99% |
| 1999 | 34035 | 0.009214545 | 123 | 33912 | -99% |
| 2000 | 32156 | 0.008507738 | 114 | 32042 | -99% |
| 2001 | 29784 | 0.007957053 | 96 | 29688 | -99% |
| 2002 | 28351 | 0.007584955 | 95 | 28256 | -99% |
| 2003 | 27220 | 0.007159842 | 94 | 27126 | -99% |
| 2004 | 25613 | 0.006704344 | 148 | 25465 | -99% |
| 2005 | 23887 | 0.00621383 | 61 | 23826 | -99% |
| 2006 | 22711 | 0.005741891 | 64 | 22647 | -99% |
| 2007 | 22065 | 0.005520876 | 51 | 22014 | -100% |
| 2008 | 20697 | 0.005267179 | 55 | 20642 | -99% |
| 2009 | 19001 | 0.004975617 | 45 | 18956 | -100% |
| 2010 | 17411 | 0.004712773 | 37 | 17374 | -100% |
| 2011 | 16851 | 0.004608746 | 36 | 16815 | -100% |
| 2012 | 16229 | 0.004439353 | 27 | 16202 | -100% |
| 2013 | 15569 | 0.004272911 | 39 | 15530 | -99% |
| 2014 | 15522 | 0.004190394 | 35 | 15487 | -100% |
| 2015 | 14510 | 0.003923331 | 36 | 14474 | -100% |
| 2016 | 14154 | 0.003861031 | 34 | 14120 | -100% |
| 2017 | 12734 | 0.003564193 | 34 | 12700 | -99% |
| 2018 | 11749 | 0.003345625 | 20 | 11729 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10622 | 0.003064786 | 33 | 10589 | -99% |
| 2020 | 9829 | 0.002948127 | 24 | 9805 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9128 | 0.002700821 | 25 | 9103 | -99% |
| 2022 | 8848 | 0.002631848 | 19 | 8829 | -100% |