Mikal
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090 · #3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
Given to boys 84.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 158 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,334since 1943
Mikal over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,583 | 31 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,629 | 31 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #2,958 | 39 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,943 | 65 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,565 | 84 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,578 | 80 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,529 | 81 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #1,481 | 82 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #1,448 | 85 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #1,106 | 120 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #1,280 | 94 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #1,000 | 128 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #1,155 | 102 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #965 | 133 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #958 | 132 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #840 | 158 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,294 | 76 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,482 | 59 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #1,484 | 48 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,363 | 52 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #1,544 | 42 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #1,258 | 54 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #1,154 | 61 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #1,034 | 71 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,190 | 14 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mikal! It came in at #3,231, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mikal is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#743 · 1 in 7,936
- Georgia#791 · 1 in 7,369
- Pennsylvania#793 · 1 in 11,120
- Texas#984 · 1 in 13,384
- Florida#1,204 · 1 in 17,337
Best ever in a state: #287 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #743 | 5 | 1 in 7,936 |
| Georgia | #791 | 7 | 1 in 7,369 |
| Pennsylvania | #793 | 6 | 1 in 11,120 |
| Texas | #984 | 12 | 1 in 13,384 |
| Florida | #1,204 | 5 | 1 in 17,337 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mikal
- 988 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #3,583)
- 70 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,583)
- 299 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #3,583)
- Biggest jump: 454 spots in 1993 (#1,294 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1998 (#1,000 → #1,280)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1993 at #840 (158 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1993–1995
- Highest: 1 in 12,413 boys born in 1993 were named Mikal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.1% of all boys named Mikal (1,071) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1975, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 31 | #2,633 (1944) | #3,201 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,958 (1953) | #2,660 |
| 1960s | 135 | #1,894 (1968) | #2,307 |
| 1970s | 358 | #1,034 (1978) | #1,711 |
| 1980s | 479 | #1,258 (1980) | #1,438 |
| 1990s | 1,071 | #840 (1993) | #1,142 |
| 2000s | 700 | #1,448 (2000) | #1,918 |
| 2010s | 311 | #2,804 (2013) | #3,556 |
| 2020s | 155 | #3,583 (2025) | #4,128 |
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.
Mikal in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 135,919 of them was named Mikal, which outranked 57.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,719Zeynep14
- #6,719Zoei14
- #6,719Zyria14
- #7,104Mikal13
- #7,104Abagayle13
- #7,104Adam13
- #7,104Adama13
- #7,532Aarti12
- #7,532Aashna12
- #7,532Abigial12
Tied with 427 names at #7,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 20,334 of them was named Mikal, which outranked 88.7% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,271Tyre95
- #1,271Tyrus95
- #1,271Varun95
- #1,280Mikal94
- #1,280Christofer94
- #1,280Donta94
- #1,280Maxim94
- #1,288Claude93
- #1,288Finn93
- #1,288Jessy93
Tied with 7 names at #1,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.