Mikel
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #11,427 · #1,919 for boys in 2025, 81 births
Given to boys 92.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 190 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,559since 1882
Mikel 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 | — | #1,919 | 81 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,776 | 92 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,623 | 107 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,540 | 116 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,565 | 111 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,437 | 120 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,441 | 121 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #1,217 | 154 |
| 2017 | — | #1,306 | 138 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,254 | 146 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,228 | 149 |
| 2014 | — | #1,147 | 165 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #1,162 | 155 |
| 2012 | — | #1,161 | 157 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,136 | 159 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #1,108 | 172 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #1,112 | 166 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #1,041 | 182 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #1,025 | 184 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #985 | 188 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #964 | 181 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #871 | 201 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #969 | 166 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | #948 | 169 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #878 | 180 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #850 | 188 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 | #816 | 187 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #858 | 169 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | #873 | 159 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #838 | 170 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #896 | 149 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | #866 | 153 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #761 | 189 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #850 | 155 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | #747 | 186 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #755 | 182 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | #697 | 198 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #746 | 161 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #793 | 136 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #777 | 136 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #702 | 157 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #769 | 126 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #727 | 141 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 | #766 | 131 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #775 | 126 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #780 | 126 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #751 | 133 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #732 | 132 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #746 | 130 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #734 | 129 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #719 | 132 |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | #710 | 134 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #772 | 106 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #746 | 113 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #733 | 126 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #732 | 126 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | #715 | 120 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #723 | 107 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #723 | 105 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #778 | 87 |
| 1965 | — | #732 | 103 | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #737 | 109 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #734 | 112 |
| 1962 | — | #657 | 139 | |
| 1961 | — | #669 | 136 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #699 | 126 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #637 | 148 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #580 | 178 |
| 1957 | — | #556 | 194 | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #556 | 186 |
| 1955 | — | #594 | 153 | |
| 1954 | — | #624 | 140 | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #510 | 190 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #681 | 104 |
| 1951 | — | #653 | 116 | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #706 | 94 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #779 | 78 |
| 1948 | — | #862 | 63 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #831 | 70 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,155 | 35 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Mikel! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mikel
- 143 spots since 2024 (#1,776 → #1,919)
- 482 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #1,919)
- 691 spots since 2015 (#1,228 → #1,919)
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1953 (#681 → #510)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1954 (#510 → #624)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1953 at #510 (190 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1946–2006
- Highest: 1 in 9,876 boys born in 2004 were named Mikel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,087 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #510 in 1953, was only 1 in 10,381 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.6% of all boys named Mikel (1,805) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #943 (1882) | #943 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 35 | #2,389 (1916) | #3,138 |
| 1920s | 46 | #2,950 (1923) | #3,628 |
| 1930s | 50 | #1,879 (1939) | #2,875 |
| 1940s | 430 | #779 (1949) | #1,158 |
| 1950s | 1,503 | #510 (1953) | #610 |
| 1960s | 1,144 | #657 (1962) | #717 |
| 1970s | 1,261 | #710 (1974) | #738 |
| 1980s | 1,438 | #697 (1989) | #753 |
| 1990s | 1,699 | #747 (1991) | #826 |
| 2000s | 1,805 | #850 (2000) | #964 |
| 2010s | 1,516 | #1,108 (2010) | #1,216 |
| 2020s | 627 | #1,437 (2020) | #1,643 |
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.
Mikel in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 151,642 of them was named Mikel, which outranked 51.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,571Willette12
- #5,571Yvett12
- #5,571Zarah12
- #5,885Mikel11
- #5,885Abigale11
- #5,885Adair11
- #5,885Aeisha11
- #6,323Abeer10
- #6,323Abena10
- #6,323Adalia10
Tied with 437 names at #5,885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 14,216 of them was named Mikel, which outranked 89.4% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #772Federico127
- #772Kaleb127
- #772Stacey127
- #775Mikel126
- #775Brannon126
- #775Kip126
- #775Moshe126
- #780Alphonso125
- #780Denis125
- #780Horace125
Tied with 4 names at #775; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.