Migel
Boy · mee-GEL · Hebrew
Migel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Migel mean?
Hebrew: Basque form of Michael
“who is like God?”
A Basque form of Michael, related to Spanish Miguel.
- Say it
- mee-GEL
Is Migel a girl's or a boy's name?
Migel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Migel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Migel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1993, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Migel in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,666 boys in the US were given Migel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #236, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Miguel 1,661
- Migel 5
Migel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 51 | #1,626 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 40 | #1,515 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Names like Migel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matthew Michael Manuel Daniel Angel Jose Marcus Jared Moises Adam Joshua Jacob
Other spellings of Migel
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