Micky

Where Micky comes from

The dictionaries list Micky as a given name — alternative spelling of Mickey — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #3,642 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1965
    Micky Ward born
    American-Irish boxer
  4. 1967
    Peak, #816
    78 babies named Micky — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,508.
  6. 2001
    Micky van de Ven born
    Dutch footballer
In the dictionary
  • Alternative spelling of Mickey.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Michaela and Michelle.
Namesakes
  • Micky van de Ven · Dutch footballer, born 2001
  • Micky Ward · American-Irish boxer, born 1965
  • Micky Arison · Israeli-born American businessman, born 1949
  • Micky Adams · footballer, football manager, born 1961
  • Micky Waller · British musician, 1941–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.