MICHAEL is ranked as the 5th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 4,133,699.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 1296.41 people named MICHAEL for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MICHAEL is 3,789,614.
The SSA data also shows that MICHAEL is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MICHAEL is
80.4% White,
5.0% Hispanic origin,
10.7% Black,
1.9% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MICHAEL have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MICHAEL is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Greek Old and New Testament surname
Masculine given name
German Common surname
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
English masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Biblical surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MICHAEL
The state with the most people named
MICHAEL is
California where
483,594 people have this name.
New York is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MICHAEL, as
1782.03 in every 100,000
New Yorkers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
New York is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MICHAEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
160,402
1245.3
100.0%
Indiana
86,000
1303.66
100.0%
Iowa
43,748
1407.99
100.0%
Kansas
28,185
970.57
100.0%
Michigan
170,710
1722.62
100.0%
Minnesota
88,243
1617.02
100.0%
Missouri
23,925
799.07
100.0%
Nebraska
18,725
995.2
100.0%
North Dakota
5,918
800.36
99.9%
Ohio
139,130
1200
100.0%
South Dakota
6,561
769.05
99.8%
Wisconsin
98,824
1716.43
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name MICHAEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
9,493
1288.51
99.9%
Arizona
69,141
1027.13
100.0%
California
483,594
1246.3
100.0%
Colorado
64,662
1207.3
100.0%
Hawaii
13,510
951.71
100.0%
Idaho
16,279
996
100.0%
Montana
9,962
973.3
99.9%
Nevada
32,219
1134.82
100.0%
New Mexico
21,719
1041.37
100.0%
Oregon
44,626
1124.02
100.0%
Utah
26,708
907.54
100.0%
Washington
105,335
1491.67
100.0%
Wyoming
5,791
991.32
99.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MICHAEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
45,547
1266.35
100.0%
Maine
14,495
1089.78
100.0%
Massachusetts
83,804
1242.38
100.0%
New Hampshire
17,024
1283.08
100.0%
New Jersey
124,518
1393.1
100.0%
New York
351,884
1782.03
100.0%
Pennsylvania
164,102
1283.33
100.0%
Rhode Island
14,674
1390.69
100.0%
Vermont
9,690
1546.56
100.0%
South States
State stats for the first name MICHAEL
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MICHAEL as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MICHAEL.
The most popular full name is MICHAEL Smith.
0.76% of all the people named MICHAEL
have this family name.
There are 164014 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MICHAEL