Michael
In 2025 Michael comes in at #21 nationally, keeping its place without fuss. The peak was 1957, a name your child would share with a great-aunt, which is quietly part of its charm.
What Michael carries
Michael · Hebrew
“who is like to God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Michael’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Michael, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Michael since 1880
Michael peaked in 1957 at #1; #21 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Michael is most common
Michael is most common in Wyoming: 1.28% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Alaska (1.06%) and Rhode Island (0.99%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Michael
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Joseph
#29 in 2025 · Hebrew
David
#35 in 2025 · Hebrew
James
#6 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jane
#221 in 2025 · Hebrew
John
#23 in 2025 · Hebrew
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
Micah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mary
#125 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Michael
How common is Michael today?
In 2025 Michael comes in at #21 nationally, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Michael mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “who is like to God”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Michael?
The recipe puts Joseph first, then James, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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