Mickel
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,962since 1914
Mickel over time
Rank among boys' names. Mickel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,421 | 32 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,321 | 26 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,086 | 25 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,653 | 28 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,297 | 41 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,280 | 38 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,312 | 33 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,360 | 32 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,295 | 36 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,388 | 33 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,139 | 47 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,029 | 54 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,045 | 52 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,154 | 42 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,029 | 53 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,015 | 51 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Mickel! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mickel is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#416 · 1 in 10,153
- Louisiana#493 · 1 in 6,553
- Texas#773 · 1 in 14,849
Best ever in a state: #356 in Mississippi, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #416 | 5 | 1 in 10,153 |
| Louisiana | #493 | 6 | 1 in 6,553 |
| Texas | #773 | 8 | 1 in 14,849 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mickel
- 975 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #9,714)
- 3,038 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #9,714)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1953 at #1,015 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,467 boys born in 1954 were named Mickel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,015 in 1953, was only 1 in 38,673 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.8% of all boys named Mickel (448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #2,915 (1914) | #2,915 |
| 1920s | 26 | #3,489 (1920) | #3,643 |
| 1930s | 31 | #2,326 (1938) | #2,872 |
| 1940s | 131 | #1,322 (1949) | #2,345 |
| 1950s | 448 | #1,015 (1953) | #1,145 |
| 1960s | 358 | #1,139 (1960) | #1,303 |
| 1970s | 280 | #1,297 (1970) | #1,785 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,086 (1981) | #3,147 |
| 1990s | 213 | #2,467 (1992) | #3,280 |
| 2000s | 177 | #3,321 (2001) | #4,999 |
| 2010s | 96 | #6,001 (2012) | #7,536 |
| 2020s | 38 | #8,166 (2021) | #9,241 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mickel in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
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1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 38,673 of them was named Mickel, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #999Rock52
- #999Romeo52
- #999Sebastian52
- #1,015Mickel51
- #1,015Alec51
- #1,015Bernardo51
- #1,015Burnell51
- #1,025Baron50
- #1,025Carmelo50
- #1,025Glendon50
Tied with 9 names at #1,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.