Name profile

Miguel

A name meaning "Michael".

PronunciationSpanish /mi.ˈɣel/; European Portuguese /mi.ˈɡɛɫ/; Brazilian Portuguese /mi.ˈɡɛw/
Usage languagesAragonese, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#212

Meaning and history

Miguel is the Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of Michael. Spanish novelist and poet Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), author of Don Quixote, was a notable bearer.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 4,903 births, rank #89
2007: 4,906 births, rank #94
2008: 4,450 births, rank #101
2009: 4,174 births, rank #100
2010: 3,457 births, rank #113
20112011: 3,169 births, rank #126
2012: 2,942 births, rank #131
2013: 2,888 births, rank #135
2014: 2,757 births, rank #147
2015: 2,573 births, rank #161
20162016: 2,507 births, rank #163
2017: 2,280 births, rank #176
2018: 2,185 births, rank #179
2019: 2,185 births, rank #178
2020: 2,053 births, rank #189
20212021: 1,950 births, rank #196
2022: 2,040 births, rank #185
2023: 1,895 births, rank #194
2024: 1,931 births, rank #189
20252025: 1,661 births, rank #212

Miguel moved from #189 to #212 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 4,906 births.