How Many People Are Named Michelangelo?
people named Michelangelo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 258,145 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,358 babies named Michelangelo in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
76 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Italian, meaning "MICHAEL angel", referring to the archangel Michael. The Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti, from Florence, was the man who created such great works of art as the statue of David and the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This name was also borne by the Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio.
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โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Michelangelo in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Michelangelo alive today is about 18 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 26 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Michelangelo first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 2015, to 76 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Michelangelo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,927, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #2,966.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,966 |
| Best rank | #1,927 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,574 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Michelangelo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Michelangelo were born in California than in any other state: about 267 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Michelangelo was given 4.3 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Florida and 1.6 times in Texas.
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