How Many People Are Named Micheal?
people named Micheal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,764 people in the US has this name
Based on 156,555 babies named Micheal in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,861 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Irish form of MICHAEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Micheal in English. Counting Micheal and these spellings together, about 3,719,341 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Micheal, 1.3% were girls and 98.7% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Micheal alive today is about 52 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Micheal first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1957, to 4,861 babies. In 2025, 130 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Micheal never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #83, in 1956, and it was in the top 100 for 9 years, 1951 to 1959. In 2025 it ranked #1,406.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,406 |
| Best rank | #83 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | 9 (1951 to 1959) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #90 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Micheal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Micheal were born in Texas than in any other state: about 9,908 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Micheal was given 1.8 times as often in Mississippi, 1.7 times in Louisiana and 1.6 times in Alabama.
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