Mikal
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090
- #3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
- Given to boys 84.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 158 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,334since 1943
Mikal over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,583 | 31 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,629 | 31 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #3,653 | 29 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #2,958 | 39 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,943 | 65 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,565 | 84 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #1,578 | 80 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,529 | 81 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #1,481 | 82 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #1,448 | 85 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #1,106 | 120 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #1,280 | 94 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #1,000 | 128 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #1,155 | 102 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #965 | 133 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #958 | 132 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #840 | 158 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,294 | 76 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,482 | 59 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #1,766 | 43 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #1,592 | 45 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | #1,484 | 48 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,363 | 52 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #1,544 | 42 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,334 | 49 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #1,258 | 54 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #1,154 | 61 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #1,034 | 71 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,190 | 14 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1943
The first year at least five boys were named Mikal! It came in at #3,231, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mikal is popular in 2025
- 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
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
Best ever in a state: #287 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| 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 Mikal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 70 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #3,583)
- Biggest jump: 454 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1998
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1993 at #840 (158 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1993–1995
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,413
- Highest: 1 in 12,413 boys born in 1993 were named Mikal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 32.1% of all boys named Mikal (1,071) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1976
- Mostly girls until 1975, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 31 | #2,633 (1944) | #3,201 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,958 (1953) | #2,660 |
| 1960s | 135 | #1,894 (1968) | #2,307 |
| 1970s | 358 | #1,034 (1978) | #1,711 |
| 1980s | 479 | #1,258 (1980) | #1,438 |
| 1990s | 1,071 | #840 (1993) | #1,142 |
| 2000s | 700 | #1,448 (2000) | #1,918 |
| 2010s | 311 | #2,804 (2013) | #3,556 |
| 2020s | 155 | #3,583 (2025) | #4,128 |
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.
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