Mikeal

Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1952 · 60 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,386
since 1921

Mikeal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mikeal has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #915, 1952boys
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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#12,0085
2024#8,9878
2023#8,9218
2022#6,47913
2021#10,7996
2020#8,0679
2019#8,2159
2018#6,34513
2017#4,59421
2016#6,72612
2015#4,71120
2014#4,26323
2013#5,40416
2012#3,45031
2011#3,99425
2010#3,45331
2009#3,22335
2008#2,94640
2007#3,68728
2006#3,15334
2005#2,70140
2004#2,74138
2003#2,50741
2002#13,5956#3,09529
2001#3,14328
2000#2,52537
1999#2,19942
1998#2,19941
1997#1,96446
1996#10,5677#2,14539
1995#2,05540
1994#2,25935
1993#1,96941
1992#2,08537
1991#1,63251
1990#2,43228
1989#10,8476#2,41627
1988#2,14629
1987#2,16927
1986#1,79134
1985#1,72435
1984#2,03626
1983#1,86429
1982#2,11125
1981#1,86530
1980#2,44420
1979#1,63335
1978#1,83428
1977#1,70731
1976#2,05423
1975#1,59332
1974#1,98322
1973#1,73626
1972#1,56630
1971#2,27917
1970#1,58229
1969#1,39633
1968#1,39331
1967#1,57324
1966#1,48427
1965#1,38631
1964#1,37133
1963#1,51327
1962#1,45429
1961#1,32236
1960#1,25239
1959#1,33734
1958#1,06052
1957#1,10048
1956#1,25737
1955#1,13843
1954#1,20039
1953#1,09145
1952#91560
1951#1,11042
1950#1,57222
1949#1,66720
1948#1,61121
1947#1,85017
1946#2,14312
1945#1,92613
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Mikeal! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1944, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987#12,008)
  • 3,941 spots since 2020 (#8,067#12,008)
  • 7,297 spots since 2015 (#4,711#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1952 (#1,110#915)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1953 (#915#1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1952 at #915 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1952
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,394
  • Highest: 1 in 32,394 boys born in 1952 were named Mikeal (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Mikeal (422) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#3,869 (1921)#4,033
1930s0
1940s88#1,611 (1948)#2,126
1950s422#915 (1952)#1,178
1960s310#1,252 (1960)#1,414
1970s273#1,566 (1972)#1,797
1980s282#1,724 (1985)#2,057
1990s400#1,632 (1991)#2,094
2000s350#2,507 (2003)#2,972
2010s201#3,450 (2012)#5,116
2020s49#6,479 (2022)#9,210

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.

Mikeal in 1951

boys
#1,110
42 births · 1 in 44,829 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #1,110Mikeal42
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 44,829 of them was named Mikeal, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mikeal
  1. #1,097Raoul43
  2. #1,097Richie43
  3. #1,097Trevor43
  4. #1,110Mikeal42
  5. #1,110Amado42
  6. #1,110Benson42
  7. #1,110Claudie42
  8. #1,123Darius41
  9. #1,123Dempsey41
  10. #1,123Dusty41

Tied with 12 names at #1,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 428Kimberly#1,139#711
  2. 372Cole#1,364#992
  3. 357Wayland#1,272#915
  4. 354Ricki#1,139#785
  5. 346Lou#1,289#943
Fallers
  1. 944Jory#960#1,904
  2. 502Samual#960#1,462
  3. 426Carlyle#918#1,344
  4. 319Shaun#899#1,218
  5. 318Tex#977#1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951