Micael
Micael is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Portuguese.
- Swedish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Micael
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Micael is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Portuguese
The Story of Micael
Micael first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1948, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 21 births, good for #4,623 nationwide. Micael last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 723 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Micael
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About the name Micael
Micael is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 723 births in the dataset. Micael's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #4,623. Use the chart and map above to compare Micael's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.