Migdalia vs Miguelangel
American parents have registered 4,303 Migdalias since 1880, against 4,013 Miguelangels. But in 2025 it was Miguelangel that was commoner, 54 babies to 9.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Migdalia Miguelangel
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 78 years in which either name was published, Miguelangel for 41 years and Migdalia for 37 years. The lead changed hands once.
- 1948–1984 Migdalia ahead
- 1985–2025 Miguelangel ahead
Side by side
| Migdalia | Miguelangel | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,303 | 4,013 |
| Most in one year | 229 | 171 |
| Babies in 2025 | 9 | 54 |
| Estimated living today | 3,800 | 3,900 |
| Median age today | 59 | 20 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2007 |
| Best rank | 688th girls | 1,077th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 10,107th | 2,480th |
| First recorded | 1948 | 1973 |
| Girls / boys | 4,298 / 5 | 0 / 4,013 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Migdalias alive today are over 59; half the Miguelangels are over 20. That is 39 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Migdalia New York (8.8×), New Jersey (4.1×), Connecticut (2.2×)
- Miguelangel California (5.9×), Arizona (3.6×), Texas (2.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Migdalia and Miguelangel.