Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mikael

#1,516 most common boys' name of all time · #3,682 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1944–2025

Rank among boys
#1,516
Rank overall
#3,682 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
6,239
Since 2016
1,962
Peak year
2023 #989
Best rank
#961 2016
Girls Boys peak 228/yr
1960198020002020

Mikael first appears in 1944. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 176 176 #1,171
2024 188 188 #1,130
2023 5 223 228 #989
2022 191 191 #1,116
2021 205 205 #1,048
2020 186 186 #1,074
2019 208 208 #1,007
2018 164 164 #1,169
2017 193 193 #1,044
2016 8 215 223 #961
2015 158 158 #1,175
2014 7 150 157 #1,221
2013 6 162 168 #1,121
2012 6 164 170 #1,121
2011 5 133 138 #1,292
2010 136 136 #1,281
2009 118 118 #1,427
2008 132 132 #1,322
2007 132 132 #1,308
2006 5 123 128 #1,331
2005 6 100 106 #1,464
2004 5 100 105 #1,420
2003 5 94 99 #1,415
2002 8 96 104 #1,377
2001 8 89 97 #1,404
2000 8 101 109 #1,285
1999 16 104 120 #1,219
1998 19 93 112 #1,293
1997 8 80 88 #1,382
1996 10 85 95 #1,296
1995 17 87 104 #1,251
1994 8 84 92 #1,277
1993 11 87 98 #1,210
1992 10 74 84 #1,315
1991 8 88 96 #1,188
1990 6 70 76 #1,330
1989 8 79 87 #1,211
1988 9 79 88 #1,127
1987 11 61 72 #1,255
1986 7 65 72 #1,183
1985 14 69 83 #1,122
1984 5 32 37 #1,783
1983 9 46 55 #1,389
1982 8 49 57 #1,353
1981 6 48 54 #1,369
1980 43 43 #1,462
1979 45 45 #1,401
1978 6 34 40 #1,635
1977 27 27 #1,886
1976 12 31 43 #1,693
1975 24 24 #1,974
1974 5 26 31 #1,816
1973 26 26 #1,768
1972 5 28 33 #1,675
1971 17 17 #2,333
1970 20 20 #2,038
1969 16 16 #2,191
1968 17 17 #2,021
1967 18 18 #1,895
1966 16 16 #2,028
1965 23 23 #1,665
1964 12 12 #2,522
1963 6 6 #3,935
1962 10 10 #2,823
1961 8 8 #3,290
1960 11 11 #2,662
1959 16 16 #2,101
1958 13 13 #2,360
1957 15 15 #2,181
1956 16 16 #2,088
1955 13 13 #2,295
1954 13 13 #2,309
1953 9 9 #2,892
1952 16 16 #2,005
1951 5 5 #4,160
1950 14 14 #2,109
1949 8 8 #3,013
1948 9 9 #2,784
1947 7 7 #3,361
1946 5 5 #3,976
1944 5 5 #3,901