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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |