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Michael
Pronounced /ˈmaɪkəl/
Rank in 2024
#7,337
Born in 2024
15
Peak year
1986 · #392
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:8,189 in 2024 (#18)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 15 girls were named Michael, about 1 in every 107,546.
- It peaked in 1986 with 590 babies, ranked #392.
- It first shows up in the records in 1897.
- 21,865 girls have been named Michael since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Michael per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 399 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 1,297 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,689 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,624 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,197 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,316 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 336 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Michael, from Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, from their source Latin Michaēl, Michāhēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Miguel and Mikhail.
- (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈmaɪkəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Michael, CC BY-SA 4.0.