# Misael (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/misael/  
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 | 10,411 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,395 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant of Mishael.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 13,786 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,814 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,332 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 283 | 789 |
| 2012 | 276 | 806 |
| 2013 | 272 | 803 |
| 2014 | 296 | 781 |
| 2015 | 254 | 878 |
| 2016 | 277 | 824 |
| 2017 | 243 | 888 |
| 2018 | 241 | 901 |
| 2019 | 276 | 819 |
| 2020 | 284 | 816 |
| 2021 | 294 | 818 |
| 2022 | 318 | 794 |
| 2023 | 346 | 753 |
| 2024 | 364 | 725 |
| 2025 | 359 | 734 |

## People named Misael

- Misael Pastrana Borrero, Colombian lawyer and politician (1923-1997)
- Misael Escuti, Chilean footballer (1926-2005)
- Misael Dávila, Chilean footballer

## 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.