Michael
626
Babies in 2024
-45%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 4.19k
+6%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Michael
Michael peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (4,187 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 626 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Michael reached its peak in 1996, when 4,187 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #22 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 626 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 47,075 boys have been officially registered with the name Michael in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 9,359 boys were registered with the name, starting from 1,139 in 2014 and ending at 626 in 2024.