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.

Mikkel

#5,106 most common boys' name of all time · #12,644 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among boys
#5,106
Rank overall
#12,644 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
906
Since 2016
166
Peak year
2004 #3,320
Best rank
#2,884 1984
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1960198020002020

Mikkel first appears in 1947. 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 — 17 17 #5,441
2024 — 13 13 #6,546
2023 — 16 16 #5,706
2022 — 19 19 #5,062
2021 — 21 21 #4,661
2020 — 13 13 #6,350
2019 — 18 18 #5,190
2018 — 21 21 #4,637
2017 — 13 13 #6,404
2016 — 15 15 #5,848
2015 — 19 19 #4,932
2014 — 18 18 #5,103
2013 — 19 19 #4,844
2012 — 26 26 #3,923
2011 — 23 23 #4,249
2010 — 21 21 #4,555
2009 — 23 23 #4,325
2008 — 22 22 #4,425
2007 — 29 29 #3,612
2006 — 27 27 #3,718
2005 — 24 24 #3,851
2004 — 29 29 #3,320
2003 — 27 27 #3,389
2002 — 25 25 #3,472
2001 — 21 21 #3,876
2000 — 19 19 #4,105
1999 — 13 13 #5,107
1998 — 14 14 #4,706
1997 — 14 14 #4,525
1996 — 10 10 #5,663
1995 6 7 13 #7,187
1994 7 16 23 #3,964
1993 — 13 13 #4,523
1992 — 12 12 #4,658
1991 — 18 18 #3,385
1990 — 17 17 #3,524
1989 — 10 10 #4,930
1988 6 12 18 #3,996
1987 — 10 10 #4,362
1986 — 12 12 #3,746
1985 — 10 10 #4,171
1984 — 16 16 #2,884
1983 — 14 14 #3,145
1982 5 8 13 #4,760
1981 — 13 13 #3,311
1980 — 10 10 #3,976
1979 — 15 15 #2,961
1978 — 10 10 #3,727
1977 — 12 12 #3,305
1976 — 8 8 #4,216
1975 — 12 12 #3,180
1974 — 9 9 #3,711
1973 — 8 8 #3,884
1962 — 5 5 #4,448
1956 — 6 6 #3,864
1949 — 5 5 #4,157
1947 — 5 5 #4,256