Home>Name Popularity>Michael Wilson in the US

Michael Wilson

in the US

There are 5,867 people with the name "Michael Wilson" in the United States.

Top cities for this name

Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Michael	4
Wilson	9
Michael Wilson	146

is 1st most common John
is 2nd most common Robert
is 3rd most common James
is 4th most common Michael
is 5th most common David
is 6th most common William
is 7th most common Mary
is 8th most common Richard
is 9th most common Thomas

is 5th most common Jones
is 6th most common Miller
is 7th most common Davis
is 8th most common Anderson
is 9th most common Wilson
is 10th most common Taylor
is 11th most common Thomas
is 12th most common Moore
is 13th most common Martin

is 142nd most common Jose Flores
is 143rd most common James Allen
is 144th most common William Moore
is 145th most common M Smith
is 146th most common Michael Wilson
is 147th most common Donald Johnson
is 148th most common John Clark
is 149th most common William Taylor
is 150th most common Thomas Brown

Choose a stateDistribution across the US

All States

Meaning & History

Michael

Wilson

(male) English form of a common biblical name (meaning ‘who is like God?’ in Hebrew) borne by one of the archangels, the protector of the ancient Hebrews, who is also regarded as a saint of the Catholic Church. In the Middle Ages, Michael was regarded as captain of the heavenly host (see Revelation 12:7–9), symbol of the Church Militant, and patron of soldiers. He was often depicted bearing a flaming sword. The name is also borne by a Persian prince and ally of Belshazzar mentioned in the Book of Daniel. Since the early 1900s it has been one of the most enduringly popular boys' names in the English-speaking world. See also Michal.

Cognates: Irish: Mícheál. Scottish Gaelic: Mìcheal. Welsh: Meical, Mihangel. German: Michael. Dutch: Michaël, Machiel. Scandinavian: Mikael. Danish, Norwegian: Mikkel. French: Michel. Spanish, Portuguese: Miguel. Catalan: Miquel. Italian: Michele. Russian: Mikhail. Polish: Michał. Czech: Michal. Croatian: Mihovil. Serbian: Mihajlo. Slovenian: Mihael. Finnish: Mikko. Hungarian: Mihály.