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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#204 · 1 in 1,985
- Tennessee#219 · 1 in 1,729
- Georgia#242 · 1 in 1,708
- North Carolina#245 · 1 in 1,878
- Kentucky#246 · 1 in 2,560
Best ever in a state: #103 in Oklahoma, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #204 | 7 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Tennessee | #219 | 19 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Georgia | #242 | 23 | 1 in 1,708 |
| North Carolina | #245 | 20 | 1 in 1,878 |
| Kentucky | #246 | 11 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Kansas | #265 | 7 | 1 in 2,404 |
| Arkansas | #279 | 7 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Oklahoma | #301 | 8 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Minnesota | #364 | 5 | 1 in 6,226 |
| South Carolina | #396 | 6 | 1 in 3,510 |
| Ohio | #427 | 12 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Alabama | #429 | 6 | 1 in 4,499 |
| Louisiana | #488 | 8 | 1 in 4,362 |
| Virginia | #505 | 5 | 1 in 6,654 |
| Texas | #538 | 21 | 1 in 5,872 |
| New York | #620 | 12 | 1 in 9,251 |
| Michigan | #632 | 6 | 1 in 11,172 |
| Pennsylvania | #684 | 5 | 1 in 15,214 |
| Florida | #734 | 5 | 1 in 10,948 |
| California | #800 | 13 | 1 in 13,825 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Mickey
- 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)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1957 at #248 (950 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1918–1994
- 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%)
- 24.1% of all boys named Mickey (6,659) were born in this decade
- 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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 55,354 of them was named Mickey, which outranked 75.5% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,860Yalanda30
- #2,860Yulanda30
- #2,860Zenaida30
- #2,931Mickey29
- #2,931Abbe29
- #2,931Aline29
- #2,931Ansley29
- #2,997Africa28
- #2,997Ambrosia28
- #2,997Angelle28
Tied with 65 names at #2,931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,914 of them was named Mickey, which outranked 92.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #533Dexter252
- #535Josue251
- #535Scottie251
- #537Mickey249
- #537Bennie249
- #537Curt249
- #537Donnell249
- #542Jedediah248
- #543Kristofer247
- #544Lyle246
Tied with 4 names at #537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.