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Misael vs Mishell

American parents have registered 10,411 Misaels since 1880, against 516 Mishells. Misael is still ahead, with 359 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Misael against Mishell, 1880 to 2025 0 100 200 300 400 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Misael Mishell

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 69 years in which either name was published, Misael for 65 years and Mishell for 4 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.

Side by side

  Misael Mishell
Total US births 10,411516
Most in one year 38517
Babies in 2025 3595
Estimated living today 10,000500
Median age today 1727
Peak year 20062002
Best rank 616th boys6,392nd girls
Rank in 2025 733rd14,942nd
First recorded 19551957
Girls / boys 16 / 10,395516 / 0

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 Mishells alive today are over 27; half the Misaels are over 17. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Misael and Mishell.