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Baby name
Miguel
Boy
Origin of the name
Miguel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, from the Hebrew mikha'el, “Who is like God?”
Classic name
190,566births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 94rank at its peak, in 2007
Where babies named Miguel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Miguel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Miguel is most common in Arizona (3.1 times), California (3.1) and New Mexico (3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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