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 | 0.001415099 | 307 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 373 | 0.001532073 | 373 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 370 | 0.0015362 | 370 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 348 | 0.001363017 | 348 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 344 | 0.001390506 | 344 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 466 | 0.001556062 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 377 | 0.001304742 | 377 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 394 | 0.001307229 | 394 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 333 | 0.001161602 | 333 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 380 | 0.001136452 | 380 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 407 | 0.001251449 | 407 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 423 | 0.00124893 | 423 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 413 | 0.001176571 | 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 | 0.00109937 | 495 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 384 | 0.00111043 | 384 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 460 | 0.001189451 | 460 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 466 | 0.001222455 | 466 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 462 | 0.001145024 | 462 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 513 | 0.001210128 | 513 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 536 | 0.001251018 | 5 | 531 | -98% |
| 1907 | 586 | 0.001259159 | 586 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 688 | 0.001407964 | 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 | 0.002137518 | 8 | 2104 | -99% |
| 1913 | 2619 | 0.002303207 | 12 | 2607 | -99% |
| 1914 | 3378 | 0.002385014 | 16 | 3362 | -99% |
| 1915 | 4093 | 0.002233651 | 14 | 4079 | -99% |
| 1916 | 4228 | 0.002185671 | 18 | 4210 | -99% |
| 1917 | 4300 | 0.002142768 | 12 | 4288 | -99% |
| 1918 | 4326 | 0.001992528 | 30 | 4296 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3934 | 0.001864239 | 24 | 3910 | -99% |
| 1920 | 4025 | 0.001778893 | 22 | 4003 | -99% |
| 1921 | 4222 | 0.00180852 | 24 | 4198 | -99% |
| 1922 | 4021 | 0.001756543 | 31 | 3990 | -98% |
| 1923 | 3944 | 0.001712935 | 29 | 3915 | -99% |
| 1924 | 3910 | 0.001641746 | 36 | 3874 | -98% |
| 1925 | 3795 | 0.00162645 | 34 | 3761 | -98% |
| 1926 | 3517 | 0.001531858 | 32 | 3485 | -98% |
| 1927 | 3634 | 0.001566813 | 29 | 3605 | -98% |
| 1928 | 3631 | 0.001605971 | 33 | 3598 | -98% |
| 1929 | 3498 | 0.001595686 | 33 | 3465 | -98% |
| 1930 | 3578 | 0.001609328 | 36 | 3542 | -98% |
| 1931 | 3513 | 0.001669369 | 24 | 3489 | -99% |
| 1932 | 3627 | 0.001717906 | 20 | 3607 | -99% |
| 1933 | 3575 | 0.001787994 | 26 | 3549 | -99% |
| 1934 | 4128 | 0.001987658 | 20 | 4108 | -99% |
| 1935 | 4938 | 0.002362792 | 32 | 4906 | -99% |
| 1936 | 5840 | 0.002810966 | 40 | 5800 | -99% |
| 1937 | 7141 | 0.003351528 | 47 | 7094 | -99% |
| 1938 | 9134 | 0.004128223 | 58 | 9076 | -99% |
| 1939 | 10910 | 0.004951344 | 81 | 10829 | -99% |
| 1940 | 13308 | 0.00577934 | 80 | 13228 | -99% |
| 1941 | 16032 | 0.006580133 | 97 | 15935 | -99% |
| 1942 | 21884 | 0.008010782 | 156 | 21728 | -99% |
| 1943 | 24933 | 0.008833474 | 188 | 24745 | -98% |
| 1944 | 26885 | 0.009994131 | 168 | 26717 | -99% |
| 1945 | 30060 | 0.011330954 | 158 | 29902 | -99% |
| 1946 | 41361 | 0.012944296 | 169 | 41192 | -99% |
| 1947 | 50678 | 0.014068148 | 173 | 50505 | -99% |
| 1948 | 52736 | 0.015274649 | 170 | 52566 | -99% |
| 1949 | 60234 | 0.017284898 | 188 | 60046 | -99% |
| 1950 | 65317 | 0.018644113 | 179 | 65138 | -99% |
| 1951 | 72977 | 0.019810578 | 172 | 72805 | -100% |
| 1952 | 79229 | 0.020860689 | 190 | 79039 | -100% |
| 1953 | 84434 | 0.021910172 | 232 | 84202 | -99% |
| 1954 | 88781 | 0.022302816 | 217 | 88564 | -100% |
| 1955 | 88602 | 0.022067307 | 250 | 88352 | -99% |
| 1956 | 90929 | 0.022053888 | 238 | 90691 | -99% |
| 1957 | 93041 | 0.022141322 | 255 | 92786 | -99% |
| 1958 | 90893 | 0.021987205 | 295 | 90598 | -99% |
| 1959 | 85576 | 0.020581089 | 285 | 85291 | -99% |
| 1960 | 84455 | 0.020331912 | 316 | 84139 | -99% |
| 1961 | 87293 | 0.021073554 | 325 | 86968 | -99% |
| 1962 | 85411 | 0.021165583 | 355 | 85056 | -99% |
| 1963 | 84134 | 0.021255622 | 377 | 83757 | -99% |
| 1964 | 82922 | 0.021329843 | 303 | 82619 | -99% |
| 1965 | 81357 | 0.02244053 | 355 | 81002 | -99% |
| 1966 | 80330 | 0.023112191 | 346 | 79984 | -99% |
| 1967 | 82785 | 0.024385128 | 373 | 82412 | -99% |
| 1968 | 82445 | 0.02440347 | 471 | 81974 | -99% |
| 1969 | 85617 | 0.024635695 | 458 | 85159 | -99% |
| 1970 | 85728 | 0.023770323 | 457 | 85271 | -99% |
| 1971 | 78044 | 0.022737741 | 459 | 77585 | -99% |
| 1972 | 71843 | 0.022858141 | 452 | 71391 | -99% |
| 1973 | 68259 | 0.02262564 | 451 | 67808 | -99% |
| 1974 | 68060 | 0.022388166 | 525 | 67535 | -98% |
| 1975 | 68979 | 0.022845313 | 557 | 68422 | -98% |
| 1976 | 67432 | 0.022223247 | 515 | 66917 | -98% |
| 1977 | 68148 | 0.021453843 | 560 | 67588 | -98% |
| 1978 | 67678 | 0.021323495 | 545 | 67133 | -98% |
| 1979 | 68272 | 0.020520588 | 554 | 67718 | -98% |
| 1980 | 69233 | 0.020099545 | 546 | 68687 | -98% |
| 1981 | 69246 | 0.020016911 | 487 | 68759 | -99% |
| 1982 | 68804 | 0.019613668 | 576 | 68228 | -98% |
| 1983 | 68574 | 0.019799968 | 577 | 67997 | -98% |
| 1984 | 68249 | 0.019562567 | 508 | 67741 | -99% |
| 1985 | 65467 | 0.018342668 | 531 | 64936 | -98% |
| 1986 | 64826 | 0.018224509 | 590 | 64236 | -98% |
| 1987 | 64207 | 0.017807508 | 544 | 63663 | -98% |
| 1988 | 64648 | 0.017495872 | 480 | 64168 | -99% |
| 1989 | 65772 | 0.017108312 | 363 | 65409 | -99% |
| 1990 | 65595 | 0.016595919 | 277 | 65318 | -99% |
| 1991 | 61074 | 0.015679035 | 267 | 60807 | -99% |
| 1992 | 54667 | 0.01423148 | 258 | 54409 | -99% |
| 1993 | 49791 | 0.013206185 | 223 | 49568 | -99% |
| 1994 | 44667 | 0.012014838 | 192 | 44475 | -99% |
| 1995 | 41577 | 0.011353151 | 167 | 41410 | -99% |
| 1996 | 38530 | 0.010564283 | 157 | 38373 | -99% |
| 1997 | 37699 | 0.010397576 | 142 | 37557 | -99% |
| 1998 | 36747 | 0.009990466 | 128 | 36619 | -99% |
| 1999 | 34038 | 0.009214734 | 123 | 33915 | -99% |
| 2000 | 32157 | 0.008507359 | 114 | 32043 | -99% |
| 2001 | 29785 | 0.007956692 | 96 | 29689 | -99% |
| 2002 | 28353 | 0.007584482 | 95 | 28258 | -99% |
| 2003 | 27223 | 0.007159578 | 94 | 27129 | -99% |
| 2004 | 25618 | 0.006704663 | 148 | 25470 | -99% |
| 2005 | 23888 | 0.006212994 | 61 | 23827 | -99% |
| 2006 | 22715 | 0.005741637 | 64 | 22651 | -99% |
| 2007 | 22075 | 0.005521948 | 51 | 22024 | -100% |
| 2008 | 20706 | 0.005267811 | 55 | 20651 | -99% |
| 2009 | 19005 | 0.004974903 | 45 | 18960 | -100% |
| 2010 | 17418 | 0.004712995 | 37 | 17381 | -100% |
| 2011 | 16858 | 0.004608791 | 36 | 16822 | -100% |
| 2012 | 16236 | 0.004439259 | 27 | 16209 | -100% |
| 2013 | 15579 | 0.004273292 | 39 | 15540 | -99% |
| 2014 | 15531 | 0.004190347 | 35 | 15496 | -100% |
| 2015 | 14533 | 0.00392687 | 36 | 14497 | -100% |
| 2016 | 14173 | 0.003863223 | 34 | 14139 | -100% |
| 2017 | 12757 | 0.003567199 | 34 | 12723 | -99% |
| 2018 | 11770 | 0.003347652 | 20 | 11750 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10647 | 0.003067475 | 33 | 10614 | -99% |
| 2020 | 9848 | 0.002947994 | 24 | 9824 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9163 | 0.002704586 | 27 | 9136 | -99% |
| 2022 | 8907 | 0.002632765 | 19 | 8888 | -100% |
| 2023 | 8436 | 0.00254772 | 20 | 8416 | -100% |
| 2024 | 8204 | 0.002464773 | 15 | 8189 | -100% |