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Michiel

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Michiel is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195639 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1915
1,040people given the name
Babies named Michiel, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,040 boys have been named Michiel in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1956, with 39 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1950s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Michiel
1910s5
1920s7
1930s12
1940s145
1950s315
1960s261
1970s145
1980s80
1990s46
2000s24

In 1956, its biggest year

Michiel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1956 were Michael, James, Robert, David and John. See all of 1956.

Names that rose and fell with Michiel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.