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.

Mikell**

#3,079 most common boys' name of all time · #7,462 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1934–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,079
Rank overall
#7,462 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
2,067
Since 2016
164
Peak year
2000 #2,689
Best rank
#1,881 1956
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
19401960198020002020

Mikell first appears in 1934. 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 9 9 #8,343
2024 18 18 #5,277
2023 18 18 #5,287
2022 19 19 #5,058
2021 17 17 #5,385
2020 13 13 #6,341
2019 15 15 #5,862
2018 15 15 #5,814
2017 15 15 #5,852
2016 25 25 #4,125
2015 20 20 #4,754
2014 28 28 #3,719
2013 7 38 45 #2,973
2012 28 28 #3,738
2011 41 41 #2,867
2010 10 22 32 #4,398
2009 5 37 42 #3,117
2008 7 38 45 #3,069
2007 6 41 47 #2,888
2006 7 34 41 #3,169
2005 12 39 51 #2,763
2004 11 34 45 #2,973
2003 10 30 40 #3,140
2002 11 25 36 #3,469
2001 10 18 28 #4,346
2000 17 34 51 #2,689
1999 13 28 41 #2,976
1998 13 16 29 #4,251
1997 10 20 30 #3,500
1996 18 29 47 #2,623
1995 11 18 29 #3,594
1994 17 20 37 #3,380
1993 11 12 23 #4,788
1992 14 21 35 #3,147
1991 9 18 27 #3,381
1990 11 25 36 #2,652
1989 6 18 24 #3,259
1988 8 19 27 #2,900
1987 13 22 35 #2,514
1986 11 17 28 #2,948
1985 10 15 25 #3,125
1984 11 26 37 #2,069
1983 5 24 29 #2,181
1982 6 11 17 #3,826
1981 5 17 22 #2,723
1980 6 16 22 #2,901
1979 5 8 13 #4,586
1978 17 17 #2,614
1977 8 11 19 #3,505
1976 14 15 29 #2,773
1975 21 21 #2,178
1974 9 11 20 #3,223
1973 10 10 #3,361
1972 9 12 21 #2,917
1971 5 22 27 #1,966
1970 8 14 22 #2,575
1969 10 12 22 #2,644
1968 7 10 17 #2,862
1967 16 16 #2,020
1966 6 15 21 #2,107
1965 8 12 20 #2,443
1964 7 10 17 #2,803
1963 13 13 #2,386
1962 7 15 22 #2,178
1961 16 16 #2,137
1960 19 19 #1,903
1959 5 13 18 #2,393
1958 17 17 #2,012
1957 10 10 #2,784
1956 19 19 #1,881
1955 17 17 #1,974
1954 12 12 #2,435
1953 16 16 #2,027
1952 17 17 #1,932
1951 12 12 #2,360
1950 10 10 #2,565
1949 12 12 #2,330
1948 10 10 #2,600
1947 8 8 #3,077
1946 5 6 11 #3,500
1945 8 8
1943 13 13
1942 5 6 11 #3,536
1941 6 6 12 #3,484
1940 6 6
1938 5 5
1937 12 12
1936 11 11
1935 25 25
1934 9 9