Hebrew Mikha'el, a rhetorical question — who is like god?. The archangel who leads the heavenly armies; America's top boy's name for 44 years.
Michael ranks 21st among American boys in 2025, with 8,107 born that year. Its best year was 1957, when 93,036 babies were given the name, ranking 1st. The typical living American called Michael is about 53 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 0.74% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.