Miguel: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced mee-GEL · 2 syllables

Borrowed from Spanish Miguel and Portuguese Miguel. Doublet of Michael, Michel, and Mikhail.

How popular is Miguel?

Miguel was the #212 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,661 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 34% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Babies named Miguel in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2000).

Half of US adults named Miguel are older than 33; most are between 19 and 65. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Miguel have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Miguel is pronounced mee-GEL.

Miguel was the #212 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,661 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 34% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2000.

Half of US adults named Miguel are older than 33. Most are between 19 and 65.