Migel vs Miguelangel
American parents have registered 4,013 Miguelangels since 1880, against 1,718 Migels. Miguelangel is still ahead, with 54 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Migel Miguelangel
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 93 years in which either name was published, Migel for 52 years and Miguelangel for 41 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
- 1920–1983 Migel ahead
- 1984–1988 Miguelangel ahead
- 1989 Migel ahead
- 1990–2025 Miguelangel ahead
Side by side
| Migel | Miguelangel | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,718 | 4,013 |
| Most in one year | 52 | 171 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | 54 |
| Estimated living today | 1,500 | 3,900 |
| Median age today | 33 | 20 |
| Peak year | 1993 | 2007 |
| Best rank | 1,680th boys | 1,077th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 12,008th | 2,480th |
| First recorded | 1920 | 1973 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,718 | 0 / 4,013 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Migels alive today are over 33; half the Miguelangels are over 20. That is 13 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Migel California (6.5×), Texas (3.9×)
- Miguelangel California (5.9×), Arizona (3.6×), Texas (2.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Migel and Miguelangel.