Mykel*
#1,978 most common boys' name of all time · #4,757 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,978
Rank overall
#4,757 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
4,157
Since 2016
747
Peak year
1990 #875
Best rank
#875 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 157/yr
Mykel first appears in 1975. 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 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,101 |
| 2024 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,225 |
| 2023 | 7 | 87 | 94 | #1,839 |
| 2022 | 6 | 89 | 95 | #1,820 |
| 2021 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,850 |
| 2020 | 5 | 80 | 85 | #1,863 |
| 2019 | 8 | 64 | 72 | #2,200 |
| 2018 | 6 | 58 | 64 | #2,315 |
| 2017 | 6 | 48 | 54 | #2,622 |
| 2016 | 5 | 59 | 64 | #2,270 |
| 2015 | 7 | 63 | 70 | #2,181 |
| 2014 | 8 | 81 | 89 | #1,838 |
| 2013 | 11 | 78 | 89 | #1,846 |
| 2012 | 14 | 96 | 110 | #1,623 |
| 2011 | 10 | 98 | 108 | #1,584 |
| 2010 | 14 | 97 | 111 | #1,620 |
| 2009 | 19 | 106 | 125 | #1,550 |
| 2008 | 18 | 120 | 138 | #1,411 |
| 2007 | 14 | 118 | 132 | #1,396 |
| 2006 | 11 | 104 | 115 | #1,476 |
| 2005 | 26 | 124 | 150 | #1,263 |
| 2004 | 17 | 116 | 133 | #1,291 |
| 2003 | 21 | 96 | 117 | #1,398 |
| 2002 | 19 | 91 | 110 | #1,429 |
| 2001 | 26 | 97 | 123 | #1,342 |
| 2000 | 23 | 81 | 104 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 29 | 82 | 111 | #1,432 |
| 1998 | 27 | 77 | 104 | #1,464 |
| 1997 | 36 | 70 | 106 | #1,505 |
| 1996 | 29 | 69 | 98 | #1,475 |
| 1995 | 30 | 64 | 94 | #1,502 |
| 1994 | 24 | 58 | 82 | #1,604 |
| 1993 | 17 | 70 | 87 | #1,396 |
| 1992 | 25 | 67 | 92 | #1,393 |
| 1991 | 34 | 94 | 128 | #1,137 |
| 1990 | 18 | 139 | 157 | #875 |
| 1989 | 20 | 59 | 79 | #1,431 |
| 1988 | 16 | 65 | 81 | #1,283 |
| 1987 | 14 | 69 | 83 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 13 | 57 | 70 | #1,281 |
| 1984 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,153 |
| 1983 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #3,391 |
| 1982 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #2,696 |
| 1981 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #4,102 |
| 1980 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #3,812 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,880 |
| 1978 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #5,603 |
| 1977 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #6,570 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | — |