# Micheal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/micheal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 156,555 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 154,719 / 1,836 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 427, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicised form of Irish Mícheál or Scottish Gaelic Mìcheal. Also a spelling variant of Michael, generally considered erroneous.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 12 | 7,440 |
| 1995 | 16 | 5,864 |
| 1996 | 16 | 5,974 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,465 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,380 |
| 1999 | 11 | 8,611 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,654 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,604 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,228 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,487 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,688 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,282 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,477 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,501 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,936 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 423 | 591 |
| 2012 | 360 | 658 |
| 2013 | 349 | 687 |
| 2014 | 281 | 811 |
| 2015 | 268 | 839 |
| 2016 | 242 | 899 |
| 2017 | 243 | 887 |
| 2018 | 204 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 173 | 1,131 |
| 2020 | 193 | 1,048 |
| 2021 | 174 | 1,154 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,304 |
| 2023 | 156 | 1,246 |
| 2024 | 144 | 1,336 |
| 2025 | 130 | 1,406 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Micheal

- Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach (1955–2025)
- Micheal Ward, British actor
- Micheal Williams, American basketball player (born 1966)
- Mike Hall, American basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.