Miguel
Boy · mee-GEL · Hebrew
Miguel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 546th for boys in the UK (78 babies) and 212th for boys in the US (1,661 babies).
What does Miguel mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael; Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote.
- Say it
- mee-GEL
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Is Miguel a girl's or a boy's name?
Miguel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 78 boys in the UK and 1,661 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Miguel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #546among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 78 boys in the UK were named Miguel, making it the 546th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 528th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 83 boys.
Half of all the boys named Miguel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 494th in England and Wales.
Miguel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #546 |
| 2024 | 70 | #605 |
| 2023 | 83 | #526 |
| 2022 | 58 | #674 |
| 2021 | 64 | #640 |
| 2020 | 80 | #528 |
| 2019 | 60 | #656 |
| 2018 | 69 | #594 |
| 2017 | 72 | #586 |
| 2016 | 49 | #762 |
| 2015 | 65 | #615 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 74 | #546 |
| 2012 | 53 | #701 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 52 | #679 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 57 | #621 |
| 2007 | 45 | #699 |
| 2006 | 49 | #643 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 39 | #680 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 35 | #603 |
| 2000 | 28 | #713 |
| 1999 | 24 | #755 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Miguel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #212among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,661about 1 in 1,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,661 boys in the US were named Miguel, making it the 212th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 189th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 4,906 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Miguel than any year since 1975.
Half of all the boys named Miguel in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miguel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,661 | #212 |
| 2024 | 1,931 | #189 |
| 2023 | 1,895 | #194 |
| 2022 | 2,040 | #185 |
| 2021 | 1,950 | #196 |
| 2020 | 2,053 | #189 |
| 2019 | 2,185 | #178 |
| 2018 | 2,185 | #179 |
| 2017 | 2,280 | #176 |
| 2016 | 2,507 | #163 |
| 2015 | 2,573 | #161 |
| 2014 | 2,757 | #147 |
| 2013 | 2,888 | #135 |
| 2012 | 2,942 | #131 |
| 2011 | 3,169 | #126 |
| 2010 | 3,457 | #113 |
| 2009 | 4,174 | #100 |
| 2008 | 4,450 | #101 |
| 2007 | 4,906 | #94 |
| 2006 | 4,903 | #89 |
| 2005 | 4,677 | #93 |
| 2004 | 4,525 | #96 |
| 2003 | 4,592 | #95 |
| 2002 | 4,644 | #89 |
| 2001 | 4,558 | #87 |
| 2000 | 4,673 | #86 |
| 1999 | 4,207 | #91 |
| 1998 | 4,256 | #90 |
| 1997 | 4,234 | #91 |
| 1996 | 4,160 | #91 |
| 1995 | 3,953 | #94 |
| 1994 | 4,033 | #94 |
| 1993 | 4,349 | #88 |
| 1992 | 4,173 | #90 |
| 1991 | 3,948 | #92 |
| 1990 | 3,696 | #101 |
| 1989 | 3,083 | #108 |
| 1988 | 2,735 | #111 |
| 1987 | 2,637 | #110 |
| 1986 | 2,578 | #111 |
| 1985 | 2,525 | #113 |
| 1984 | 2,419 | #113 |
| 1983 | 2,378 | #114 |
| 1982 | 2,630 | #110 |
| 1981 | 2,400 | #116 |
| 1980 | 2,177 | #127 |
| 1979 | 1,960 | #137 |
| 1978 | 1,829 | #144 |
| 1977 | 1,756 | #145 |
| 1976 | 1,758 | #143 |
| 1975 | 1,657 | #148 |
| 1974 | 1,658 | #147 |
| 1973 | 1,461 | #163 |
| 1972 | 1,421 | #174 |
| 1971 | 1,472 | #180 |
| 1970 | 1,344 | #197 |
| 1969 | 1,304 | #198 |
| 1968 | 1,107 | #212 |
| 1967 | 1,056 | #216 |
| 1966 | 1,017 | #220 |
| 1965 | 951 | #238 |
| 1964 | 951 | #249 |
| 1963 | 881 | #260 |
| 1962 | 871 | #259 |
| 1961 | 827 | #273 |
| 1960 | 818 | #279 |
| 1959 | 799 | #281 |
| 1958 | 771 | #275 |
| 1957 | 742 | #278 |
| 1956 | 668 | #284 |
| 1955 | 613 | #288 |
| 1954 | 610 | #285 |
| 1953 | 545 | #304 |
| 1952 | 511 | #315 |
| 1951 | 464 | #322 |
| 1950 | 443 | #323 |
| 1949 | 368 | #353 |
| 1948 | 383 | #343 |
| 1947 | 292 | #403 |
| 1946 | 262 | #397 |
| 1945 | 226 | #398 |
| 1944 | 216 | #409 |
| 1943 | 214 | #424 |
| 1942 | 183 | #455 |
| 1941 | 166 | #459 |
| 1940 | 170 | #443 |
| 1939 | 161 | #454 |
| 1938 | 139 | #492 |
| 1937 | 143 | #472 |
| 1936 | 155 | #453 |
| 1935 | 145 | #472 |
| 1934 | 153 | #455 |
| 1933 | 179 | #402 |
| 1932 | 171 | #427 |
| 1931 | 189 | #408 |
| 1930 | 221 | #382 |
| 1929 | 245 | #362 |
| 1928 | 226 | #396 |
| 1927 | 201 | #428 |
| 1926 | 195 | #434 |
| 1925 | 191 | #430 |
| 1924 | 191 | #443 |
| 1923 | 175 | #463 |
| 1922 | 161 | #485 |
| 1921 | 128 | #553 |
| 1920 | 127 | #545 |
| 1919 | 137 | #508 |
| 1918 | 102 | #608 |
| 1917 | 107 | #571 |
| 1916 | 89 | #617 |
| 1915 | 104 | #550 |
| 1914 | 68 | #609 |
| 1913 | 61 | #552 |
| 1912 | 47 | #592 |
| 1911 | 36 | #489 |
| 1910 | 32 | #492 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 24 | #513 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 18 | #515 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 14 | #521 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 |
| 1897 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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