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.

Mikal*

#2,077 most common boys' name of all time · #4,963 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1943–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,077
Rank overall
#4,963 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
3,925
Since 2016
299
Peak year
1993 #840
Best rank
#840 1993
Girls Boys peak 180/yr
1960198020002020

Mikal first appears in 1943. 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 31 31 #3,605
2024 22 22 #4,605
2023 31 31 #3,650
2022 21 21 #4,737
2021 21 21 #4,658
2020 8 29 37 #3,676
2019 6 27 33 #3,932
2018 9 32 41 #3,468
2017 28 28 #3,820
2016 6 28 34 #3,803
2015 8 27 35 #3,908
2014 5 21 26 #4,582
2013 13 41 54 #2,819
2012 7 36 43 #3,141
2011 6 32 38 #3,389
2010 9 39 48 #2,979
2009 8 41 49 #2,911
2008 5 42 47 #2,846
2007 7 65 72 #2,101
2006 13 75 88 #1,830
2005 7 65 72 #1,948
2004 10 84 94 #1,570
2003 6 80 86 #1,585
2002 7 81 88 #1,532
2001 14 82 96 #1,495
2000 13 85 98 #1,456
1999 12 120 132 #1,108
1998 13 94 107 #1,281
1997 21 128 149 #1,003
1996 16 102 118 #1,160
1995 22 133 155 #965
1994 20 132 152 #960
1993 22 158 180 #840
1992 13 76 89 #1,295
1991 8 59 67 #1,491
1990 17 69 86 #1,349
1989 12 43 55 #1,780
1988 21 45 66 #1,606
1987 15 48 63 #1,495
1986 11 52 63 #1,374
1985 16 42 58 #1,561
1984 9 46 55 #1,411
1983 51 51 #1,307
1982 5 49 54 #1,352
1981 6 49 55 #1,351
1980 13 54 67 #1,268
1979 9 61 70 #1,165
1978 14 71 85 #1,038
1977 15 52 67 #1,239
1976 17 49 66 #1,261
1975 33 25 58 #1,925
1974 20 25 45 #1,863
1973 14 14 #2,666
1972 26 26 #1,750
1971 19 19 #2,180
1970 7 16 23 #2,359
1969 5 18 23 #2,027
1968 5 18 23 #1,951
1967 16 16 #2,024
1966 9 9 #2,932
1965 5 12 17 #2,449
1964 13 13 #2,392
1963 11 11 #2,640
1962 16 16 #2,105
1961 13 13 #2,398
1960 9 9 #3,034
1959 13 13 #2,399
1958 8 8 #3,235
1957 14 14 #2,268
1956 12 12 #2,487
1955 8 8 #3,173
1953 16 16 #2,035
1952 7 7 #3,337
1951 11 11 #2,492
1950 5 5 #4,112
1949 6 6 #3,659
1948 6 6 #3,640
1947 7 7
1946 8 5 13 #3,969
1945 7 7
1944 8 8 #2,860
1943 6 6 #3,535