Masculine dossier · first seen 1961

Michelangelo

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Michelangelo
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1961Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

30.3%

2024

All-time

1,316

Michelangelo has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 76 boys were named Michelangelo.

In 2024, only 53 boys were given the name.

Down 30.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,316 Americans have been named Michelangelo and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1961.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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