Michelangelo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- my-kul-AN-juh-loh
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Michelangelo is a boys' name of Italian origin, meaning “Michael the angel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Michelangelo mean?
Italian: Italian compound of Michele (Michael) and Angelo
“Michael the angel”
Borne by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance artist who sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Is Michelangelo a girl's or a boy's name?
Michelangelo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Michelangelo in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 boys.
Michelangelo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
How popular is Michelangelo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Michelangelo, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer boys named Michelangelo than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Michelangelo in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were given Michelangelo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,942, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
- Michelangelo 42
- Michaelangelo 20
Michelangelo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 74 | #1,944 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Nicknames for Michelangelo
Names like Michelangelo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Enzo Luca Nico Milo Arlo Hugo Leonardo Santiago Matteo Maximilian Lorenzo Ezra
Other spellings of Michelangelo
More Italian names
Aria Sienna Bella Kiara Gemma Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Michelangelo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/michelangelo, updated 20 October 2026.