Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: HebrewMichael is a common masculine given name usually thought to be from the Hebrew rhetorical question ืื ืืื, "Who [is] like [the Hebrew god] El?", thus being a theophoric name whose answer is "there is none like El", or "there is none as famous and powerful as God." This question is known in Latin as Quis ut Deus?
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Michael yields these three numbers โ a playful read on the name's character.
→ See names similar to Michael · Compare Michael with another name โ · Popular names of the 1980s · Boys names starting with M
Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 175 | #93 |
| 1956 | 236 | #79 |
| 1957 | 262 | #77 |
| 1958 | 325 | #69 |
| 1959 | 381 | #63 |
| 1960 | 426 | #59 |
| 1961 | 475 | #55 |
| 1962 | 466 | #57 |
| 1963 | 495 | #56 |
| 1964 | 524 | #53 |
| 1965 | 526 | #50 |
| 1966 | 603 | #45 |
| 1967 | 584 | #46 |
| 1968 | 832 | #33 |
| 1969 | 907 | #33 |
| 1970 | 887 | #28 |
| 1971 | 828 | #25 |
| 1972 | 726 | #27 |
| 1973 | 832 | #22 |
| 1974 | 846 | #21 |
| 1975 | 635 | #25 |
| 1976 | 629 | #23 |
| 1977 | 607 | #24 |
| 1978 | 611 | #25 |
| 1979 | 640 | #25 |
| 1980 | 745 | #18 |
| 1981 | 686 | #20 |
| 1982 | 701 | #17 |
| 1983 | 810 | #10 |
| 1984 | 1,021 | #6 |
| 1985 | 1,023 | #6 |
| 1986 | 1,116 | #6 |
| 1987 | 1,072 | #6 |
| 1988 | 1,044 | #5 |
| 1989 | 973 | #5 |
| 1990 | 1,002 | #7 |
| 1991 | 837 | #14 |
| 1992 | 785 | #15 |
| 1993 | 659 | #23 |
| 1994 | 631 | #23 |
| 1995 | 521 | #34 |
| 1996 | 492 | #35 |
| 1997 | 381 | #49 |
| 1998 | 403 | #50 |
| 1999 | 374 | #53 |
| 2000 | 370 | #53 |
| 2001 | 329 | #58 |
| 2002 | 277 | #73 |
| 2003 | 207 | #101 |
| 2004 | 159 | #120 |
| 2005 | 173 | #107 |
| 2006 | 139 | #128 |
| 2007 | 137 | #125 |
| 2008 | 101 | #171 |
| 2009 | 122 | #132 |
| 2010 | 119 | #134 |
| 2011 | 91 | #171 |
| 2012 | 83 | #175 |
| 2013 | 77 | #177 |
| 2014 | 64 | #213 |
