Mike

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #1,231 for boys in 2025, 163 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 12,045 births
Debut · boys
95 births
In top 100 · boys
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
205,861
since 1880

Mike over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #36, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,231163
2024#1,009222
2023#1,053206
2022#1,044211
2021#1,200161
2020#1,153168
2019#1,116176
2018#1,128171
2017#951219
2016#1,043190
2015#1,032196
2014#970216
2013#882236
2012#861245
2011#875239
2010#870242
2009#833260
2008#759293
2007#754292
2006#686329
2005#689300
2004#624338
2003#639322
2002#597342
2001#612315
2000#599329
1999#631284
1998#627290
1997#563335
1996#534362
1995#562332
1994#13,4305#616289
1993#613289
1992#544351
1991#514375
1990#505380
1989#473402
1988#10,3866#467381
1987#8,7787#508310
1986#487322
1985#459351
1984#492292
1983#7,3128#478311
1982#469325
1981#10,4115#404408
1980#401407
1979#9,0106#386438
1978#367438
1977#9,6525#344521
1976#7,2967#302591
1975#5,9849#280681
1974#6,2588#245814
1973#6,6667#2081,040
1972#4,79311#1781,392
1971#5,13610#1531,923
1970#2,85624#1362,466
1969#2,51527#1122,870
1968#3,16917#933,214
1967#4,30010#843,757
1966#3,55813#694,526
1965#2,60522#516,035
1964#2,75221#477,767
1963#2,78020#449,045
1962#3,16116#3910,530
1961#2,41125#3611,667
1960#2,43224#3612,045
1959#2,23426#3711,995
1958#2,37623#4010,779
1957#3,48912#537,247
1956#3,49312#973,900
1955#3,77810#1232,732
1954#3,32512#1302,502
1953#3,68710#1362,277
1952#4,4837#1362,101
1951#3,48210#1282,198
1950#3,9628#1132,614
1949#3,6129#883,742
1948#2,82813#685,045
1947#2,20020#655,750
1946#2,02421#644,854
1945#2,06017#693,592
1944#2,19916#803,084
1943#4,1966#902,803
1942#2,81711#1062,293
1941#3,2528#1111,933
1940#3,2088#1221,549
1939#4,2505#1291,348
1938#4,3425#1541,055
1937#168871
1936#174774
1935#4,2045#184728
1934#193650
1933#4,2185#203574
1932#206624
1931#4,3315#190693
1930#3,0559#196711
1929#2,73711#195696
1928#4,1956#187761
1927#180800
1926#3,5648#170857
1925#4,4266#164908
1924#3,14410#164963
1923#1551,006
1922#163931
1921#1451,080
1920#1411,074
1919#4,8145#1321,122
1918#4,8095#1271,287
1917#1261,181
1916#4,4175#1251,114
1915#1291,029
1914#128794
1913#145520
1912#144430
1911#135243
1910#143222
1909#151167
1908#167139
1907#147157
1906#145141
1905#167117
1904#160118
1903#157113
1902#17299
1901#15798
1900#158132
1899#17483
1898#160106
1897#16792
1896#19285
1895#18585
1894#17387
1893#20767
1892#19976
1891#19464
1890#16983
1889#18672
1888#18581
1887#17473
1886#16684
1885#15984
1884#16684
1883#16873
1882#15589
1881#22944
1880#14295
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mike was already there! It came in at #142, and was given to 95 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 45 boys a year got the name.

Where Mike is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 90 boysAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedNHWashington: #34 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 164 boysWAIdaho: #62 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 242 boysIDMontana: #56 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 243 boysMTNorth Dakota: #120 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 633 boysNDMinnesota: #100 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 557 boysMNIllinois: #91 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 556 boysILWisconsin: #110 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 740 boysWIMichigan: #81 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 487 boysMINew York: #181 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 2,224 boysNYMassachusetts: #270 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,605 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedRIOregon: #33 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 144 boysORNevada: #21 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 77 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 129 boysWYSouth Dakota: #99 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 468 boysSDIowa: #58 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 297 boysIAIndiana: #64 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 353 boysINOhio: #73 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 441 boysOHPennsylvania: #164 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 2,118 boysPANew Jersey: #142 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,560 boysNJConnecticut: #167 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,088 boysCTCalifornia: #38 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 192 boysCAUtah: #52 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 225 boysUTColorado: #58 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 313 boysCONebraska: #70 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 335 boysNEMissouri: #100 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 544 boysMOKentucky: #172 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,111 boysKYWest Virginia: #144 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 948 boysWVVirginia: #268 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,461 boysVAMaryland: #213 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,620 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedDEArizona: #45 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 168 boysAZNew Mexico: #49 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 189 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 264 boysKSArkansas: #142 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 838 boysARTennessee: #228 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,129 boysTNNorth Carolina: #253 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,191 boysNCSouth Carolina: #223 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,699 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #118 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 764 boysDCOklahoma: #66 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 298 boysOKLouisiana: #163 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 935 boysLAMississippi: #223 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,694 boysMSAlabama: #211 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,634 boysALGeorgia: #194 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,535 boysGAHawaii: #116 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 697 boysHITexas: #61 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 312 boysTXFlorida: #214 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,550 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#21 · 1 in 77
  2. Wyoming#30 · 1 in 129
  3. Alaska#33 · 1 in 90
  4. Oregon#33 · 1 in 144
  5. Washington#34 · 1 in 164

Best ever in a state: #10 in Nevada, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#21111 in 77
Wyoming#30161 in 129
Alaska#3351 in 90
Oregon#33711 in 144
Washington#341071 in 164
California#383801 in 192
Arizona#45361 in 168
New Mexico#49321 in 189
Utah#52311 in 225
Kansas#53581 in 264
Montana#56201 in 243
Colorado#58341 in 313
Iowa#58771 in 297
Texas#612261 in 312
Idaho#62201 in 242
Indiana#64971 in 353
Oklahoma#66721 in 298
Nebraska#70321 in 335
Ohio#731551 in 441
Michigan#811191 in 487
Illinois#911331 in 556
South Dakota#99111 in 468
Minnesota#100481 in 557
Missouri#100621 in 544
Wisconsin#110401 in 740
Hawaii#11661 in 697
District of Columbia#118121 in 764
North Dakota#12091 in 633
Arkansas#142251 in 838
New Jersey#142241 in 1,560
West Virginia#144221 in 948
Louisiana#163281 in 935
Pennsylvania#164441 in 2,118
Connecticut#16781 in 2,088
Kentucky#172271 in 1,111
New York#181531 in 2,224
Georgia#194231 in 1,535
Alabama#211201 in 1,634
Maryland#21371 in 2,620
Florida#214121 in 1,550
Mississippi#223141 in 1,694
South Carolina#223141 in 1,699
Tennessee#228151 in 2,129
North Carolina#253191 in 2,191
Virginia#268121 in 2,461
Massachusetts#27061 in 6,605
Delaware
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

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 Mike
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 222 spots since 2024 (#1,009#1,231)
  • 78 spots since 2020 (#1,153#1,231)
  • 199 spots since 2015 (#1,032#1,231)
  • Biggest jump: 92 spots in 2017 (#1,043#951)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 2018 (#951#1,128)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #36 (12,045 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1956–1968
  • Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1880–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 177
  • Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 1960 were named Mike (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,479 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 34.7% of all boys named Mike (71,456) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s779#142 (1880)#173
1890s828#160 (1898)#182
1900s1,281#145 (1906)#158
1910s7,942#125 (1916)#133
1920s9,076#141 (1920)#166
1930s8,028#129 (1939)#180
1940s34,645#64 (1946)#86
1950s48,345#37 (1959)#99
1960s71,456#36 (1960)#61
1970s10,304#136 (1970)#260
1980s3,509#401 (1980)#464
1990s3,287#505 (1990)#571
2000s3,120#597 (2002)#679
2010s2,130#861 (2012)#973
2020s1,131#1,009 (2024)#1,115

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.

Mike in 1942

girls
#2,817
11 births · 1 in 122,793 girls
boys
#106
2,293 births · 1 in 602 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #2,817Mike11

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #106Mike2,293
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 122,793 of them was named Mike, which outranked 47.6% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mike
  1. #2,666Willow12
  2. #2,666Wilmer12
  3. #2,666Yetta12
  4. #2,817Mike11
  5. #2,817Adah11
  6. #2,817Adaline11
  7. #2,817Adelfa11
  8. #2,986Adelita10
  9. #2,986Adra10
  10. #2,986Adrianna10

Tied with 168 names at #2,817; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 602 of them was named Mike, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mike
  1. #103Franklin2,365
  2. #104Jerome2,340
  3. #105Edwin2,295
  4. #106Mike2,293
  5. #107Harvey2,284
  6. #108Timothy2,275
  7. #109Clyde2,206
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942