Michael Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Michael: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 4,426,753 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

4,426,753

Peak year

1957 #1

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-27.6%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	16,823	#6
2012	16,211	#7
2013	15,544	#7
2014	15,505	#7
2015	14,504	#9
2016	14,145	#8
2017	12,726	#12
2018	11,756	#14
2019	10,619	#14
2020	9,833	#12
2021	9,150	#17
2022	8,895	#16
2023	8,430	#16
2024	8,229	#18
2025	8,094	#21

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1957

9,124

8,264

6,230

5,753

5,433

4,931

Names from the same era

Paul · 1957 Kenneth · 1957 Peter · 1957 Douglas · 1957 Keith · 1957 Terry · 1957 Ray · 1957 Micheal · 1957 Glen · 1957 Guy · 1957

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