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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #36, 1960boys
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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#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.

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 1979

girls
#9,010
6 births · 1 in 267,545 girls
boys
#386
438 births · 1 in 3,930 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #9,010Mike6

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #386Mike438
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 267,545 of them was named Mike, which outranked 24.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mike
  1. #8,061Yuko7
  2. #8,061Zenovia7
  3. #8,061Zonia7
  4. #9,010Mike6
  5. #9,010Aarica6
  6. #9,010Aba6
  7. #9,010Abel6
  8. #10,210Abeer5
  9. #10,210Abria5
  10. #10,210Adah5

Tied with 1,199 names at #9,010; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,930 of them was named Mike, which outranked 94.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mike
  1. #383Desmond443
  2. #383Rodolfo443
  3. #385Alfonso441
  4. #386Mike438
  5. #387Dewayne431
  6. #387Jimmie431
  7. #389Abel428
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979