Baby name
POPULAR
🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇦🇹 Michael
/MY · kul/
Meaning
“Who is like God”
From Hebrew 'Mikha'el' meaning 'who is like God', borne by the Archangel Michael, most consistently popular boys' name across cultures.
Nicknames
mike · mikey · mick
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Michael has held top-5 status across English-speaking nations for 50+ years with remarkable consistency.
The cultural moment.
Global phenomenon that ranked near the very top in North America, the UK and Australia for decades from the 1950s before a gradual decline. Currently ranks #21 in the US, #22 in Ireland, #49 in Spain, #61 in Austria and #80 in the UK. It also ranks among the hundred most common given names in the world.