How Many People Are Named Miguel?
people named Miguel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,933 people in the US has this name
Based on 191,562 babies named Miguel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,914 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish and Portuguese form of MICHAEL. A notable bearer of this name was Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), the Spanish novelist and poet who wrote 'Don Quixote'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Miguel, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Miguel alive today is about 29 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Miguel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 4,914 babies. In 2025, 1,661 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Miguel never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #86, in 2000, and it was in the top 100 in 18 years between 1991 and 2009. In 2025 it ranked #212.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #212 |
| Best rank | #86 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (1991 to 2009) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #95 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Miguel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Miguel were born in California than in any other state: about 54,902 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Miguel was given 2.7 times as often in New Mexico, 2.4 times in California and 2.3 times in Texas.
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