# Miguel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/miguel/  
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 | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /miˈɡɛl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 191,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 190,566 / 996 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,477, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Miguel and Portuguese Miguel. Doublet of Michael, Michel, and Mikhail.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 | 6,391 |
| 2000 | 20 | 5,625 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7,204 |
| 2002 | 17 | 6,597 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,186 |
| 2004 | 14 | 8,101 |
| 2005 | 12 | 9,263 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,614 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,503 |
| 2008 | 18 | 7,297 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,476 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,914 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,994 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,221 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,809 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,169 | 126 |
| 2012 | 2,942 | 131 |
| 2013 | 2,888 | 135 |
| 2014 | 2,757 | 147 |
| 2015 | 2,573 | 161 |
| 2016 | 2,507 | 163 |
| 2017 | 2,280 | 176 |
| 2018 | 2,185 | 179 |
| 2019 | 2,185 | 178 |
| 2020 | 2,053 | 189 |
| 2021 | 1,950 | 196 |
| 2022 | 2,040 | 185 |
| 2023 | 1,895 | 194 |
| 2024 | 1,931 | 189 |
| 2025 | 1,661 | 212 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 681 |
| 2012 | 51 | 666 |
| 2013 | 73 | 508 |
| 2014 | 62 | 574 |
| 2015 | 61 | 601 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 72 | 537 |
| 2018 | 68 | 549 |
| 2019 | 59 | 616 |
| 2020 | 79 | 488 |
| 2021 | 61 | 610 |
| 2022 | 58 | 620 |
| 2023 | 80 | 494 |
| 2024 | 66 | 576 |
| 2025 | 78 | 494 |

## People named Miguel

- Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
- Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla, Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
- Miguel López de Legazpi, 16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor
- Miguel Alemán Valdés, 53th President of Mexico
- Miguel Borja, Colombian association football player
- Miguel Obando y Bravo, Catholic cardinal (1926–2018)
- Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer
- Miguel Cardona, American educator and politician (born 1975)
- Miguel Oviedo, Argentine footballer
- José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer
- Miguel Sapochnik, British film and television director
- Miguel de Bragança, claimant to the throne of Portugal (1853–1927)

## 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.