first name
MIGUEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 296,001 people named Miguel, 95.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% as White and 1.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Miguel peaked in 2007, when 4,914 babies got the name.
At least 191,562 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.
Miguel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #164. The largest share of babies named Miguel, 35.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Miguel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Miguel has been most common in California (3.1×), Arizona (3.1×), and New Mexico (3×), and least common in Hawaii (0.08×).
187,734 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.
Either side of Miguel
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Miguel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Miguel ranks #3,169 of 156,621, with 11,122 people. See Miguel as a last name
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