Name meaning & stats
Miguel
Miguel means “who is like God?” (Portuguese origin). 186,876 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“who is like God?”
PortugueseWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
186,876 US babies were named Miguel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Miguel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Miguel is the main spelling
- Miguel 99%
- Migel 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)