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John vs Michael

Side-by-side popularity comparison of John and Michael year by year (1880–2024).

John (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	9,655
1881	8,768
1882	9,557
1883	8,894
1884	9,388
1885	8,756
1886	9,026
1887	8,110
1888	9,247
1889	8,548
1890	8,502
1891	7,680
1892	9,039
1893	8,049
1894	8,237
1895	8,320
1896	8,138
1897	7,550
1898	8,159
1899	6,990
1900	9,828
1901	6,900
1902	7,907
1903	7,608
1904	8,108
1905	8,059
1906	8,264
1907	8,983
1908	9,343
1909	9,590
1910	11,450
1911	13,446
1912	24,588
1913	29,329
1914	37,947
1915	47,576
1916	50,043
1917	51,852
1918	56,558
1919	53,523
1920	56,913
1921	58,215
1922	57,281
1923	57,467
1924	59,052
1925	57,195
1926	56,108
1927	55,949
1928	53,761
1929	52,110
1930	52,447
1931	48,422
1932	48,625
1933	46,225
1934	46,742
1935	47,510
1936	47,679
1937	48,753
1938	50,518
1939	51,025
1940	54,784
1941	57,519
1942	66,041
1943	68,928
1944	66,611
1945	66,118
1946	79,266
1947	88,321
1948	82,832
1949	81,180
1950	79,412
1951	81,570
1952	83,138
1953	80,167
1954	81,176
1955	80,122
1956	80,806
1957	79,032
1958	76,049
1959	76,445
1960	76,086
1961	79,973
1962	78,420
1963	78,616
1964	82,519
1965	71,499
1966	65,015
1967	61,603
1968	60,906
1969	58,737
1970	58,496
1971	51,508
1972	43,162
1973	39,169
1974	37,618
1975	35,075
1976	33,979
1977	34,199
1978	34,018
1979	35,412
1980	35,277
1981	34,872
1982	34,707
1983	33,158
1984	32,611
1985	31,499
1986	30,208
1987	29,553
1988	29,423
1989	29,853
1990	29,090
1991	27,809
1992	26,255
1993	24,995
1994	24,186
1995	23,244
1996	22,186
1997	21,386
1998	20,631
1999	20,365
2000	20,113
2001	18,903
2002	17,476
2003	17,249
2004	16,467
2005	15,791
2006	15,176
2007	14,440
2008	13,335
2009	12,133
2010	11,567
2011	11,065
2012	10,635
2013	10,736
2014	10,699
2015	10,421
2016	10,055
2017	9,530
2018	9,198
2019	8,857
2020	8,262
2021	8,182
2022	7,993
2023	7,793
2024	8,047

Michael (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	354
1881	298
1882	321
1883	307
1884	373
1885	370
1886	348
1887	344
1888	466
1889	377
1890	394
1891	333
1892	380
1893	407
1894	423
1895	413
1896	399
1897	368
1898	434
1899	375
1900	495
1901	384
1902	460
1903	466
1904	462
1905	513
1906	531
1907	586
1908	688
1909	635
1910	844
1911	1,159
1912	2,104
1913	2,607
1914	3,362
1915	4,079
1916	4,210
1917	4,288
1918	4,296
1919	3,910
1920	4,003
1921	4,198
1922	3,990
1923	3,915
1924	3,874
1925	3,761
1926	3,485
1927	3,605
1928	3,598
1929	3,465
1930	3,542
1931	3,489
1932	3,607
1933	3,549
1934	4,108
1935	4,906
1936	5,800
1937	7,094
1938	9,076
1939	10,829
1940	13,228
1941	15,935
1942	21,728
1943	24,745
1944	26,717
1945	29,902
1946	41,192
1947	50,505
1948	52,566
1949	60,046
1950	65,138
1951	72,805
1952	79,039
1953	84,202
1954	88,564
1955	88,352
1956	90,691
1957	92,786
1958	90,598
1959	85,291
1960	84,139
1961	86,968
1962	85,056
1963	83,757
1964	82,619
1965	81,002
1966	79,984
1967	82,412
1968	81,974
1969	85,159
1970	85,271
1971	77,585
1972	71,391
1973	67,808
1974	67,535
1975	68,422
1976	66,917
1977	67,588
1978	67,133
1979	67,718
1980	68,687
1981	68,759
1982	68,228
1983	67,997
1984	67,741
1985	64,936
1986	64,236
1987	63,663
1988	64,168
1989	65,409
1990	65,318
1991	60,807
1992	54,409
1993	49,568
1994	44,475
1995	41,410
1996	38,373
1997	37,557
1998	36,619
1999	33,915
2000	32,043
2001	29,689
2002	28,258
2003	27,129
2004	25,470
2005	23,827
2006	22,651
2007	22,024
2008	20,651
2009	18,960
2010	17,381
2011	16,822
2012	16,209
2013	15,540
2014	15,496
2015	14,497
2016	14,139
2017	12,723
2018	11,750
2019	10,614
2020	9,824
2021	9,136
2022	8,888
2023	8,416
2024	8,189