Mickey
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #2,035 for boys in 2025, 73 births
Given to boys 80.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 950 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 27,627since 1898
Mickey over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #7,885 | 13 | #2,035 | 73 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #1,641 | 103 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #1,832 | 87 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #1,634 | 106 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #1,770 | 90 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #1,450 | 120 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #1,872 | 80 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #1,661 | 95 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #1,739 | 89 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #1,581 | 102 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #1,588 | 99 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | — | #1,942 | 73 | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #1,755 | 83 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #2,057 | 66 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,774 | 85 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #1,760 | 85 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #1,890 | 75 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #2,037 | 65 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #1,711 | 78 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,582 | 83 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #1,656 | 75 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,474 | 86 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #1,502 | 81 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #1,314 | 98 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #1,269 | 97 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #1,261 | 96 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #966 | 136 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #860 | 161 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #1,034 | 116 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #997 | 124 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #992 | 120 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #834 | 160 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #870 | 146 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #828 | 152 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #734 | 181 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #783 | 145 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #737 | 153 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #728 | 154 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #681 | 171 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #620 | 190 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #592 | 207 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 | #650 | 178 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #590 | 210 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #589 | 214 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #537 | 249 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #529 | 243 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | #444 | 323 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 | #438 | 317 |
| 1975 | #2,321 | 35 | #438 | 323 |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | #431 | 334 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 | #438 | 319 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | #438 | 327 |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | #441 | 343 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #410 | 394 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | #405 | 384 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 | #355 | 472 |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 | #328 | 523 |
| 1966 | #1,586 | 50 | #360 | 434 |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | #348 | 479 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | #349 | 507 |
| 1963 | #1,163 | 88 | #348 | 500 |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 | #324 | 585 |
| 1961 | #1,063 | 106 | #310 | 636 |
| 1960 | #961 | 124 | #309 | 640 |
| 1959 | #950 | 122 | #294 | 712 |
| 1958 | #1,007 | 106 | #272 | 789 |
| 1957 | #855 | 141 | #248 | 950 |
| 1956 | #813 | 149 | #250 | 821 |
| 1955 | #829 | 136 | #286 | 630 |
| 1954 | #712 | 168 | #296 | 583 |
| 1953 | #707 | 168 | #281 | 621 |
| 1952 | #674 | 173 | #317 | 501 |
| 1951 | #638 | 185 | #295 | 551 |
| 1950 | #574 | 211 | #303 | 501 |
| 1949 | #561 | 220 | #290 | 549 |
| 1948 | #544 | 231 | #287 | 551 |
| 1947 | #730 | 137 | #292 | 555 |
| 1946 | #761 | 116 | #293 | 488 |
| 1945 | #692 | 116 | #301 | 397 |
| 1944 | #690 | 117 | #306 | 390 |
| 1943 | #691 | 121 | #312 | 395 |
| 1942 | #635 | 140 | #291 | 434 |
| 1941 | #728 | 94 | #307 | 354 |
| 1940 | #697 | 100 | #293 | 364 |
| 1939 | #818 | 71 | #358 | 245 |
| 1938 | #724 | 89 | #380 | 220 |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | #430 | 172 |
| 1936 | #815 | 68 | #426 | 173 |
| 1935 | #737 | 84 | #414 | 178 |
| 1934 | #739 | 81 | #435 | 167 |
| 1933 | #714 | 83 | #454 | 147 |
| 1932 | #678 | 99 | #429 | 169 |
| 1931 | #830 | 68 | #487 | 138 |
| 1930 | #726 | 93 | #534 | 124 |
| 1929 | #735 | 90 | #587 | 105 |
| 1928 | #731 | 94 | #647 | 93 |
| 1927 | #792 | 84 | #668 | 91 |
| 1926 | #767 | 89 | #825 | 64 |
| 1925 | #779 | 90 | #793 | 69 |
| 1924 | #747 | 98 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #864 | 72 | #853 | 63 |
| 1922 | #866 | 71 | #891 | 60 |
| 1921 | #828 | 79 | #973 | 52 |
| 1920 | #885 | 67 | #923 | 56 |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 | #989 | 47 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #918 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,317 | 29 | #980 | 41 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | #1,054 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Mickey! It came in at #885, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mickey is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Wyoming#120 · 1 in 609
- Oklahoma#159 · 1 in 1,024
- Alabama#163 · 1 in 1,104
- West Virginia#163 · 1 in 1,326
- Tennessee#169 · 1 in 1,325
Best ever in a state: #103 in Oklahoma, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #120 | 6 | 1 in 609 |
| Oklahoma | #159 | 24 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Alabama | #163 | 35 | 1 in 1,104 |
| West Virginia | #163 | 17 | 1 in 1,326 |
| Tennessee | #169 | 30 | 1 in 1,325 |
| Idaho | #171 | 7 | 1 in 1,049 |
| Arkansas | #178 | 17 | 1 in 1,231 |
| Kentucky | #183 | 25 | 1 in 1,418 |
| South Carolina | #205 | 23 | 1 in 1,328 |
| Iowa | #206 | 14 | 1 in 2,148 |
| Georgia | #218 | 27 | 1 in 1,738 |
| Washington | #219 | 12 | 1 in 2,498 |
| Utah | #225 | 7 | 1 in 1,625 |
| North Carolina | #229 | 30 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Mississippi | #231 | 16 | 1 in 1,805 |
| Indiana | #239 | 18 | 1 in 2,820 |
| Texas | #246 | 75 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Missouri | #255 | 15 | 1 in 3,021 |
| Oregon | #255 | 6 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Louisiana | #261 | 20 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Michigan | #262 | 24 | 1 in 3,716 |
| Kansas | #264 | 8 | 1 in 2,906 |
| Ohio | #269 | 24 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Florida | #285 | 13 | 1 in 2,943 |
| Colorado | #287 | 6 | 1 in 3,052 |
| Maryland | #289 | 7 | 1 in 4,061 |
| Virginia | #292 | 13 | 1 in 3,251 |
| Illinois | #303 | 20 | 1 in 5,061 |
| California | #336 | 33 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Pennsylvania | #421 | 9 | 1 in 13,049 |
| New York | #557 | 10 | 1 in 16,416 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
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| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 394 spots since 2024 (#1,641 → #2,035)
- 496 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #2,035)
- 454 spots since 2015 (#1,581 → #2,035)
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1918 (#1,132 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 561 spots in 1911 (#729 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1957 at #248 (950 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1918–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,271
- Highest: 1 in 2,271 boys born in 1957 were named Mickey (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,398 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 24.1% of all boys named Mickey (6,659) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1929
- Mostly girls until 1928, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #885 (1898) | #885 |
| 1900s | 32 | #840 (1909) | #995 |
| 1910s | 294 | #729 (1910) | #1,079 |
| 1920s | 720 | #587 (1929) | #798 |
| 1930s | 1,733 | #358 (1939) | #435 |
| 1940s | 4,477 | #287 (1948) | #297 |
| 1950s | 6,659 | #248 (1957) | #284 |
| 1960s | 5,160 | #309 (1960) | #344 |
| 1970s | 3,172 | #410 (1970) | #454 |
| 1980s | 1,803 | #589 (1980) | #670 |
| 1990s | 1,308 | #828 (1990) | #991 |
| 2000s | 811 | #1,314 (2000) | #1,670 |
| 2010s | 885 | #1,450 (2019) | #1,747 |
| 2020s | 566 | #1,539 (2020) | #1,742 |
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.
Mickey in 1953
girls
#707
168 births · 1 in 11,198 girls
boys
#281
621 births · 1 in 3,176 boys
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 11,198 of them was named Mickey, which outranked 89.1% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Mickey
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 3,176 of them was named Mickey, which outranked 93.5% 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).