Mykal**

#3,733 most common boys' name of all time · #9,100 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys

#3,733

Rank overall

#9,100 of 105,966

First appeared

1972

Years on the list

48 of 146

All-time

1,507

Since 2016

120

Peak year

1998 #1,825

Best rank

#1,815 1999

Girls Boys peak 79/yr

Mykal first appears in 1972. 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	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	—	10	10	#7,822
2024	—	5	5	#12,710
2023	—	11	11	#7,406
2022	—	14	14	#6,246
2021	—	8	8	#9,037
2020	—	20	20	#4,755
2019	—	12	12	#6,895
2018	6	8	14	#9,010
2017	—	10	10	#7,729
2016	—	16	16	#5,652
2015	—	23	23	#4,338
2014	7	24	31	#4,188
2013	—	17	17	#5,248
2012	—	26	26	#3,949
2011	8	20	28	#4,719
2010	—	23	23	#4,286
2009	5	26	31	#3,965
2008	6	36	42	#3,193
2007	13	26	39	#3,948
2006	12	37	49	#3,005
2005	6	43	49	#2,591
2004	12	41	53	#2,618
2003	9	37	46	#2,705
2002	15	39	54	#2,531
2001	19	59	78	#1,884
2000	18	51	69	#2,007
1999	17	55	72	#1,815
1998	24	55	79	#1,825
1997	19	44	63	#2,051
1996	12	39	51	#2,174
1995	14	42	56	#2,015
1994	14	44	58	#1,921
1993	13	33	46	#2,328
1992	12	28	40	#2,583
1991	12	29	41	#2,452
1990	8	43	51	#1,838
1989	11	25	36	#2,598
1988	10	26	36	#2,352
1987	10	10	20	#4,459
1986	8	9	17	#4,716
1985	—	9	9	#4,581
1984	—	6	6	#6,038
1983	—	6	6	#5,955
1981	7	10	17	#4,085
1980	—	8	8	#4,818
1978	—	7	7	#4,923
1975	5	—	5	—
1972	—	5	5	#5,705