Miguel
The 2025 national count puts Miguel at #212, neither climbing nor fading. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 190,566 American bearers across the record.
What Miguel carries
Miguel · Hebrew
“who is like to God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Miguel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Miguel, 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.
Miguel since 1880
Miguel peaked in 2007 at #94; #212 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Miguel is most common
Miguel is most common in New Mexico: 0.34% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Arizona (0.23%) and Texas (0.2%) 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 Miguel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Micah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
Zara
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
Simon
#230 in 2025 · Hebrew
Abel
#231 in 2025 · Hebrew
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Miguel
Where does Miguel rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Miguel at #212, neither climbing nor fading. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Miguel mean?
The gloss on record reads “who is like to God”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Miguel?
Micah, Zara and Rafael sit nearest to Miguel on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Miguel’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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