Popularity in Northern Ireland
Numbers
| Michael (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | % | |
| 2022 | #35 | 0.561 | |
| 2021 | #55 | 0.459 | |
| 2020 | #37 | 0.594 | |
| 2019 | #28 | 0.643 | |
| 2018 | #29 | 0.663 | |
| 2017 | #19 | 0.824 | |
| 2016 | #34 | 0.604 | |
| 2015 | #16 | 0.937 | |
| 2014 | #20 | 0.885 | |
| 2013 | #22 | 0.799 | |
| 2012 | #21 | 0.846 | |
| 2011 | #20 | 0.873 | |
| 2010 | #21 | 0.859 | |
| 2009 | #21 | 0.906 | |
| 2008 | #24 | 0.871 | |
| 2007 | #18 | 1.127 | |
| 2006 | #17 | 1.141 | |
| 2005 | #17 | 1.076 | |
| 2004 | #16 | 1.237 | |
| 2003 | #11 | 1.503 | |
| 2002 | #13 | 1.398 | |
| 2001 | #11 | 1.639 | |
| 2000 | #11 | 1.511 | |
| 1999 | #7 | 2.035 | |
| 1998 | #8 | 1.990 | |
| 1997 | #7 | 2.134 | |
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