Mickey

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #2,035 for boys in 2025, 73 births
Given to boys 80.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1957 · 950 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
27,627
since 1898

Mickey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #544, 1948peak #248, 1957girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#2,03573
2024#7,59414#1,641103
2023#8,05513#1,83287
2022#6,46418#1,634106
2021#9,56210#1,77090
2020#7,21215#1,539107
2019#8,13813#1,450120
2018#6,01020#1,87280
2017#8,29913#1,66195
2016#9,41111#1,73989
2015#9,48111#1,581102
2014#14,5586#1,58899
2013#10,23510#1,82778
2012#1,94273
2011#9,72311#1,75583
2010#16,9925#2,05766
2009#17,2945#1,77485
2008#10,80710#1,76085
2007#10,12911#1,89075
2006#13,6067#2,03765
2005#11,8348#1,71178
2004#14,1796#1,58283
2003#8,50512#1,65675
2002#12,1877#1,47486
2001#10,1029#1,50281
2000#6,48716#1,31498
1999#8,80510#1,26997
1998#7,53212#1,26196
1997#4,81921#966136
1996#7,13012#860161
1995#5,67716#1,034116
1994#4,68721#997124
1993#5,67316#992120
1992#6,31414#834160
1991#5,94915#870146
1990#5,28617#828152
1989#6,95511#734181
1988#4,84017#783145
1987#6,78810#737153
1986#5,18814#728154
1985#5,34813#681171
1984#3,52723#620190
1983#3,94919#592207
1982#4,34717#650178
1981#4,34417#590210
1980#3,99219#589214
1979#2,93129#537249
1978#3,63720#529243
1977#2,71530#444323
1976#2,21038#438317
1975#2,32135#438323
1974#1,82048#431334
1973#2,09438#438319
1972#1,80447#438327
1971#2,29634#441343
1970#2,16037#410394
1969#1,95541#405384
1968#2,12632#355472
1967#1,44159#328523
1966#1,58650#360434
1965#1,63547#348479
1964#1,44361#349507
1963#1,16388#348500
1962#1,081100#324585
1961#1,063106#310636
1960#961124#309640
1959#950122#294712
1958#1,007106#272789
1957#855141#248950
1956#813149#250821
1955#829136#286630
1954#712168#296583
1953#707168#281621
1952#674173#317501
1951#638185#295551
1950#574211#303501
1949#561220#290549
1948#544231#287551
1947#730137#292555
1946#761116#293488
1945#692116#301397
1944#690117#306390
1943#691121#312395
1942#635140#291434
1941#72894#307354
1940#697100#293364
1939#81871#358245
1938#72489#380220
1937#84167#430172
1936#81568#426173
1935#73784#414178
1934#73981#435167
1933#71483#454147
1932#67899#429169
1931#83068#487138
1930#72693#534124
1929#73590#587105
1928#73194#64793
1927#79284#66891
1926#76789#82564
1925#77990#79369
1924#74798#82367
1923#86472#85363
1922#86671#89160
1921#82879#97352
1920#88567#92356
1919#1,05747#98947
1918#1,25536#91852
1917#1,33730#1,13235
1916#1,14738#1,13833
1915#1,31729#98041
1914#1,30323#1,05429
1913#1,52815#1,14620
1912#1,29717#1,41712
1911#1,11316#1,2908
1910#1,33512#72917
1909#1,7637#84012
1908#1,6767
1907#1,5128#1,0947
1906#1,9515#1,1116
1905
1904
1903#1,13710
1902#9337
1901
1900#1,7236
1899
1898#8857
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five boys were named Mickey! It came in at #885, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Mickey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 394 spots since 2024 (#1,641#2,035)
  • 496 spots since 2020 (#1,539#2,035)
  • 454 spots since 2015 (#1,581#2,035)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1918 (#1,132#918)
  • Biggest drop: 561 spots in 1911 (#729#1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1957 at #248 (950 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1918–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,271
  • Highest: 1 in 2,271 boys born in 1957 were named Mickey (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,398 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Mickey (6,659) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1929
  • Mostly girls until 1928, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#885 (1898)#885
1900s32#840 (1909)#995
1910s294#729 (1910)#1,079
1920s720#587 (1929)#798
1930s1,733#358 (1939)#435
1940s4,477#287 (1948)#297
1950s6,659#248 (1957)#284
1960s5,160#309 (1960)#344
1970s3,172#410 (1970)#454
1980s1,803#589 (1980)#670
1990s1,308#828 (1990)#991
2000s811#1,314 (2000)#1,670
2010s885#1,450 (2019)#1,747
2020s566#1,539 (2020)#1,742

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mickey in 1938

girls
#724
89 births · 1 in 12,398 girls
boys
#380
220 births · 1 in 5,042 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #724Mickey89

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #380Mickey220
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 12,398 of them was named Mickey, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mickey
  1. #717Roselyn91
  2. #717Vickie91
  3. #723Dessie90
  4. #724Mickey89
  5. #724Barbra89
  6. #724Cathy89
  7. #724Diann89
  8. #731Danielle88
  9. #731Linnie88
  10. #731Lucretia88

Tied with 6 names at #724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 5,042 of them was named Mickey, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mickey
  1. #375Simon224
  2. #378Kenny223
  3. #379Frederic221
  4. #380Mickey220
  5. #381Van218
  6. #382Reuben217
  7. #383Harrison216
Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 1,314Dion#2,197#883
  2. 448Tex#1,212#764
  3. 425Lonny#1,233#808
  4. 401Gonzalo#1,180#779
  5. 383Lance#722#339
Fallers
  1. 741Worth#1,000#1,741
  2. 528Estel#869#1,397
  3. 492Milburn#845#1,337
  4. 412Lonzo#835#1,247
  5. 405Joy#932#1,337

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938