Maicon
Meaning
the way Brazil writes Michael, spelled as it sounds; a 1990s favorite that turned an American sound into a fully Brazilian name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maicon has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
117,370 people · the #278 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,730 · median age 27
Among people named Maicon living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 1,913 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Maicon in official records · Spain and Argentina
Spain
39 residents · #17,836 among men · mean age 35.8
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Argentina
2 newborns given the name in 2024 · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations that year
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Not on the record in Mexico City and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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The Maicon deep dive
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