Miguel

“Variant of Michael — Who is like God?” — Hebrew via Greek and Latin origin

Boy's name · #212 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Miguel's best rank, #86, came in 2000; it has settled back to #212 today. Roughly 191,000 boys have been named Miguel since 1880.

Around the world: #2 in Brazil (2025) · #11 in Portugal (2023) · #30 in Spain (2024) · #94 in Puerto Rico (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Miguels

Miguel de Cervantes — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
Miguel Ángel Asturias — Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)
Miguel de Unamuno — Spanish poet (1864-1936)
Miguel Díaz-Canel — First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021
Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella — Spanish politician; dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930

Among 5,811 notable people named Miguel:

Military figures appear 1.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel, Spanish general; (1771-1843).

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