Mikel*
#1,037 most common boys' name of all time · #2,453 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,037
Rank overall
#2,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
12,554
Since 2016
1,194
Peak year
1989 #697
Best rank
#511 1953
Girls
Boys
peak 224/yr
Mikel first appears in 1882. 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 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,921 |
| 2024 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,778 |
| 2023 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,624 |
| 2022 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,541 |
| 2021 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,566 |
| 2020 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,439 |
| 2019 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,442 |
| 2018 | 8 | 154 | 162 | #1,217 |
| 2017 | — | 138 | 138 | #1,306 |
| 2016 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,254 |
| 2015 | 5 | 149 | 154 | #1,229 |
| 2014 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,148 |
| 2013 | 6 | 155 | 161 | #1,162 |
| 2012 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,164 |
| 2011 | 7 | 159 | 166 | #1,137 |
| 2010 | 7 | 172 | 179 | #1,109 |
| 2009 | 9 | 166 | 175 | #1,114 |
| 2008 | 16 | 182 | 198 | #1,042 |
| 2007 | 9 | 184 | 193 | #1,027 |
| 2006 | 9 | 188 | 197 | #987 |
| 2005 | 12 | 181 | 193 | #964 |
| 2004 | 17 | 201 | 218 | #872 |
| 2003 | 15 | 166 | 181 | #970 |
| 2002 | 12 | 169 | 181 | #949 |
| 2001 | 21 | 180 | 201 | #879 |
| 2000 | 23 | 188 | 211 | #851 |
| 1999 | 15 | 187 | 202 | #818 |
| 1998 | 21 | 169 | 190 | #858 |
| 1997 | 27 | 159 | 186 | #873 |
| 1996 | 24 | 170 | 194 | #839 |
| 1995 | 19 | 149 | 168 | #896 |
| 1994 | 25 | 153 | 178 | #869 |
| 1993 | 24 | 189 | 213 | #761 |
| 1992 | 21 | 155 | 176 | #852 |
| 1991 | 23 | 186 | 209 | #747 |
| 1990 | 22 | 182 | 204 | #755 |
| 1989 | 26 | 198 | 224 | #697 |
| 1988 | 19 | 161 | 180 | #747 |
| 1987 | 25 | 136 | 161 | #794 |
| 1986 | 16 | 136 | 152 | #777 |
| 1985 | 14 | 157 | 171 | #703 |
| 1984 | 18 | 126 | 144 | #769 |
| 1983 | 29 | 141 | 170 | #727 |
| 1982 | 44 | 131 | 175 | #768 |
| 1981 | 11 | 126 | 137 | #775 |
| 1980 | 16 | 126 | 142 | #781 |
| 1979 | 25 | 133 | 158 | #753 |
| 1978 | 20 | 132 | 152 | #733 |
| 1977 | 21 | 130 | 151 | #746 |
| 1976 | 8 | 129 | 137 | #735 |
| 1975 | 24 | 132 | 156 | #720 |
| 1974 | 30 | 134 | 164 | #711 |
| 1973 | 11 | 106 | 117 | #773 |
| 1972 | 11 | 113 | 124 | #748 |
| 1971 | 15 | 126 | 141 | #738 |
| 1970 | 9 | 126 | 135 | #732 |
| 1969 | 22 | 120 | 142 | #716 |
| 1968 | 12 | 107 | 119 | #725 |
| 1967 | 13 | 105 | 118 | #724 |
| 1966 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #780 |
| 1965 | — | 103 | 103 | #733 |
| 1964 | 16 | 109 | 125 | #738 |
| 1963 | 17 | 112 | 129 | #735 |
| 1962 | — | 139 | 139 | #659 |
| 1961 | — | 136 | 136 | #669 |
| 1960 | 6 | 126 | 132 | #699 |
| 1959 | 7 | 148 | 155 | #637 |
| 1958 | 6 | 178 | 184 | #581 |
| 1957 | — | 194 | 194 | #556 |
| 1956 | 9 | 186 | 195 | #557 |
| 1955 | — | 153 | 153 | #596 |
| 1954 | — | 140 | 140 | #625 |
| 1953 | 9 | 190 | 199 | #511 |
| 1952 | 7 | 104 | 111 | #684 |
| 1951 | — | 116 | 116 | #654 |
| 1950 | 8 | 94 | 102 | #708 |
| 1949 | 6 | 78 | 84 | #779 |
| 1948 | — | 63 | 63 | #864 |
| 1947 | 6 | 70 | 76 | #832 |
| 1946 | 9 | 56 | 65 | #884 |
| 1945 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,023 |
| 1944 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #1,162 |
| 1943 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #1,161 |
| 1942 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #1,480 |
| 1941 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #1,773 |
| 1940 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #1,704 |
| 1939 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #1,904 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,685 |
| 1936 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #2,210 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,729 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,319 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,820 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,757 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,254 |
| 1923 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,975 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,360 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,237 |
| 1918 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,221 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,246 |
| 1916 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,424 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,119 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,869 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,073 |