first name
MICHEAL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 84,520 people named Micheal, 62.3% reported their origin as White, 21.2% as Black and 10.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Micheal peaked in 1957, when 4,861 babies got the name.
At least 156,555 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Micheal by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #195. The largest share of babies named Micheal, 42.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Micheal is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Micheal has been most common in Louisiana (1.9×), Mississippi (1.8×), and Tennessee (1.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.18×).
151,333 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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