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
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 12,045 births
- Debut · boys
- 95 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 205,861since 1880
Mike over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,231 | 163 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,009 | 222 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,053 | 206 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,044 | 211 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,200 | 161 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,153 | 168 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,116 | 176 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,128 | 171 | |
| 2017 | — | #951 | 219 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,043 | 190 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,032 | 196 | |
| 2014 | — | #970 | 216 | |
| 2013 | — | #882 | 236 | |
| 2012 | — | #861 | 245 | |
| 2011 | — | #875 | 239 | |
| 2010 | — | #870 | 242 | |
| 2009 | — | #833 | 260 | |
| 2008 | — | #759 | 293 | |
| 2007 | — | #754 | 292 | |
| 2006 | — | #686 | 329 | |
| 2005 | — | #689 | 300 | |
| 2004 | — | #624 | 338 | |
| 2003 | — | #639 | 322 | |
| 2002 | — | #597 | 342 | |
| 2001 | — | #612 | 315 | |
| 2000 | — | #599 | 329 | |
| 1999 | — | #631 | 284 | |
| 1998 | — | #627 | 290 | |
| 1997 | — | #563 | 335 | |
| 1996 | — | #534 | 362 | |
| 1995 | — | #562 | 332 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #616 | 289 |
| 1993 | — | #613 | 289 | |
| 1992 | — | #544 | 351 | |
| 1991 | — | #514 | 375 | |
| 1990 | — | #505 | 380 | |
| 1989 | — | #473 | 402 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #467 | 381 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #508 | 310 |
| 1986 | — | #487 | 322 | |
| 1985 | — | #459 | 351 | |
| 1984 | — | #492 | 292 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #478 | 311 |
| 1982 | — | #469 | 325 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #404 | 408 |
| 1980 | — | #401 | 407 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #386 | 438 |
| 1978 | — | #367 | 438 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #344 | 521 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #302 | 591 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #280 | 681 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #245 | 814 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #208 | 1,040 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #178 | 1,392 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #153 | 1,923 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #136 | 2,466 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #112 | 2,870 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #93 | 3,214 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #84 | 3,757 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #69 | 4,526 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #51 | 6,035 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #47 | 7,767 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #44 | 9,045 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #39 | 10,530 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | #36 | 11,667 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #36 | 12,045 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #37 | 11,995 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #40 | 10,779 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #53 | 7,247 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #97 | 3,900 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #123 | 2,732 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #130 | 2,502 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #136 | 2,277 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #136 | 2,101 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #128 | 2,198 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #113 | 2,614 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #88 | 3,742 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #68 | 5,045 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | #65 | 5,750 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #64 | 4,854 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #69 | 3,592 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #80 | 3,084 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #90 | 2,803 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #106 | 2,293 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #111 | 1,933 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #122 | 1,549 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #129 | 1,348 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #154 | 1,055 |
| 1937 | — | #168 | 871 | |
| 1936 | — | #174 | 774 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #184 | 728 |
| 1934 | — | #193 | 650 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #203 | 574 |
| 1932 | — | #206 | 624 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #190 | 693 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #196 | 711 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #195 | 696 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #187 | 761 |
| 1927 | — | #180 | 800 | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #170 | 857 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #164 | 908 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #164 | 963 |
| 1923 | — | #155 | 1,006 | |
| 1922 | — | #163 | 931 | |
| 1921 | — | #145 | 1,080 | |
| 1920 | — | #141 | 1,074 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #132 | 1,122 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #127 | 1,287 |
| 1917 | — | #126 | 1,181 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #125 | 1,114 |
| 1915 | — | #129 | 1,029 | |
| 1914 | — | #128 | 794 | |
| 1913 | — | #145 | 520 | |
| 1912 | — | #144 | 430 | |
| 1911 | — | #135 | 243 | |
| 1910 | — | #143 | 222 | |
| 1909 | — | #151 | 167 | |
| 1908 | — | #167 | 139 | |
| 1907 | — | #147 | 157 | |
| 1906 | — | #145 | 141 | |
| 1905 | — | #167 | 117 | |
| 1904 | — | #160 | 118 | |
| 1903 | — | #157 | 113 | |
| 1902 | — | #172 | 99 | |
| 1901 | — | #157 | 98 | |
| 1900 | — | #158 | 132 | |
| 1899 | — | #174 | 83 | |
| 1898 | — | #160 | 106 | |
| 1897 | — | #167 | 92 | |
| 1896 | — | #192 | 85 | |
| 1895 | — | #185 | 85 | |
| 1894 | — | #173 | 87 | |
| 1893 | — | #207 | 67 | |
| 1892 | — | #199 | 76 | |
| 1891 | — | #194 | 64 | |
| 1890 | — | #169 | 83 | |
| 1889 | — | #186 | 72 | |
| 1888 | — | #185 | 81 | |
| 1887 | — | #174 | 73 | |
| 1886 | — | #166 | 84 | |
| 1885 | — | #159 | 84 | |
| 1884 | — | #166 | 84 | |
| 1883 | — | #168 | 73 | |
| 1882 | — | #155 | 89 | |
| 1881 | — | #229 | 44 | |
| 1880 | — | #142 | 95 | |
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.
See more about Mike
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #36 (12,045 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1956–1968
- Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1880–2014
- Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 1960 were named Mike (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,479 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.7% of all boys named Mike (71,456) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 779 | #142 (1880) | #173 |
| 1890s | 828 | #160 (1898) | #182 |
| 1900s | 1,281 | #145 (1906) | #158 |
| 1910s | 7,942 | #125 (1916) | #133 |
| 1920s | 9,076 | #141 (1920) | #166 |
| 1930s | 8,028 | #129 (1939) | #180 |
| 1940s | 34,645 | #64 (1946) | #86 |
| 1950s | 48,345 | #37 (1959) | #99 |
| 1960s | 71,456 | #36 (1960) | #61 |
| 1970s | 10,304 | #136 (1970) | #260 |
| 1980s | 3,509 | #401 (1980) | #464 |
| 1990s | 3,287 | #505 (1990) | #571 |
| 2000s | 3,120 | #597 (2002) | #679 |
| 2010s | 2,130 | #861 (2012) | #973 |
| 2020s | 1,131 | #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 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 208,316 of them was named Mike, which outranked 32.0% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,080Zanita8
- #6,080Zoey8
- #6,080Zsazsa8
- #6,666Mike7
- #6,666Aaryn7
- #6,666Adonna7
- #6,666Afiya7
- #7,435Abagail6
- #7,435Adabel6
- #7,435Adalia6
Tied with 768 names at #6,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 1,499 of them was named Mike, which outranked 96.5% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.