Mykel
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to boys 82.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 139 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,444since 1977
Mykel 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 | — | #2,091 | 70 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,210 | 65 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,832 | 87 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,815 | 89 |
| 2021 | — | #1,841 | 84 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #2,300 | 58 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #2,169 | 63 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #1,617 | 96 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #1,577 | 98 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #1,612 | 97 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #1,546 | 106 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #1,408 | 120 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,387 | 118 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #1,467 | 104 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #1,261 | 124 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #1,287 | 116 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #1,391 | 96 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #1,424 | 91 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #1,337 | 97 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #1,497 | 81 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #1,421 | 82 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #1,459 | 77 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #1,499 | 70 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #1,465 | 69 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #1,581 | 58 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #1,379 | 70 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #1,382 | 67 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #1,130 | 94 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #869 | 139 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #1,425 | 59 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #1,270 | 65 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,153 | 69 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,268 | 57 |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mykel! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Mykel
- 119 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,091)
- 242 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #2,091)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #2,091)
- Biggest jump: 556 spots in 1990 (#1,425 → #869)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1991 (#869 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1990 at #869 (139 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1990
- Highest: 1 in 14,777 boys born in 1990 were named Mykel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.6% of all boys named Mykel (1,053) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1978, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 | #5,059 (1978) | #5,420 |
| 1980s | 367 | #1,153 (1987) | #2,213 |
| 1990s | 790 | #869 (1990) | #1,368 |
| 2000s | 1,053 | #1,261 (2005) | #1,401 |
| 2010s | 742 | #1,577 (2011) | #1,997 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,815 (2022) | #1,940 |
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.
Mykel in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 124,188 of them was named Mykel, which outranked 59.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,074Yeni15
- #5,074Zabrina15
- #5,074Zuleyka15
- #5,312Mykel14
- #5,312Aaliyah14
- #5,312Abagail14
- #5,312Adelle14
- #5,613Adrienna13
- #5,613Aidan13
- #5,613Aishah13
Tied with 300 names at #5,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 27,058 of them was named Mykel, which outranked 85.9% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,140Rian70
- #1,140Terrel70
- #1,140Torrance70
- #1,153Mykel69
- #1,153Dontay69
- #1,153Jamell69
- #1,153Jefferey69
- #1,161Anders68
- #1,161Christpher68
- #1,161Courtland68
Tied with 7 names at #1,153; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.