Mike

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #1,231 for boys in 2025, 163 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1960 · 12,045 births
Debut · boys
95 births
In top 100 · boys
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
205,861
since 1880

Mike over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #36, 1960boys
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,231163
2024—#1,009222
2023—#1,053206
2022—#1,044211
2021—#1,200161
2020—#1,153168
2019—#1,116176
2018—#1,128171
2017—#951219
2016—#1,043190
2015—#1,032196
2014—#970216
2013—#882236
2012—#861245
2011—#875239
2010—#870242
2009—#833260
2008—#759293
2007—#754292
2006—#686329
2005—#689300
2004—#624338
2003—#639322
2002—#597342
2001—#612315
2000—#599329
1999—#631284
1998—#627290
1997—#563335
1996—#534362
1995—#562332
1994#13,4305#616289
1993—#613289
1992—#544351
1991—#514375
1990—#505380
1989—#473402
1988#10,3866#467381
1987#8,7787#508310
1986—#487322
1985—#459351
1984—#492292
1983#7,3128#478311
1982—#469325
1981#10,4115#404408
1980—#401407
1979#9,0106#386438
1978—#367438
1977#9,6525#344521
1976#7,2967#302591
1975#5,9849#280681
1974#6,2588#245814
1973#6,6667#2081,040
1972#4,79311#1781,392
1971#5,13610#1531,923
1970#2,85624#1362,466
1969#2,51527#1122,870
1968#3,16917#933,214
1967#4,30010#843,757
1966#3,55813#694,526
1965#2,60522#516,035
1964#2,75221#477,767
1963#2,78020#449,045
1962#3,16116#3910,530
1961#2,41125#3611,667
1960#2,43224#3612,045
1959#2,23426#3711,995
1958#2,37623#4010,779
1957#3,48912#537,247
1956#3,49312#973,900
1955#3,77810#1232,732
1954#3,32512#1302,502
1953#3,68710#1362,277
1952#4,4837#1362,101
1951#3,48210#1282,198
1950#3,9628#1132,614
1949#3,6129#883,742
1948#2,82813#685,045
1947#2,20020#655,750
1946#2,02421#644,854
1945#2,06017#693,592
1944#2,19916#803,084
1943#4,1966#902,803
1942#2,81711#1062,293
1941#3,2528#1111,933
1940#3,2088#1221,549
1939#4,2505#1291,348
1938#4,3425#1541,055
1937—#168871
1936—#174774
1935#4,2045#184728
1934—#193650
1933#4,2185#203574
1932—#206624
1931#4,3315#190693
1930#3,0559#196711
1929#2,73711#195696
1928#4,1956#187761
1927—#180800
1926#3,5648#170857
1925#4,4266#164908
1924#3,14410#164963
1923—#1551,006
1922—#163931
1921—#1451,080
1920—#1411,074
1919#4,8145#1321,122
1918#4,8095#1271,287
1917—#1261,181
1916#4,4175#1251,114
1915—#1291,029
1914—#128794
1913—#145520
1912—#144430
1911—#135243
1910—#143222
1909—#151167
1908—#167139
1907—#147157
1906—#145141
1905—#167117
1904—#160118
1903—#157113
1902—#17299
1901—#15798
1900—#158132
1899—#17483
1898—#160106
1897—#16792
1896—#19285
1895—#18585
1894—#17387
1893—#20767
1892—#19976
1891—#19464
1890—#16983
1889—#18672
1888—#18581
1887—#17473
1886—#16684
1885—#15984
1884—#16684
1883—#16873
1882—#15589
1881—#22944
1880—#14295
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mike was already there! It came in at #142, and was given to 95 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 45 boys a year got the name.

Where Mike is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedNHWashington: #186 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,383 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedIDMontana: #141 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 888 boysMTNorth Dakota: #70 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 240 boysNDMinnesota: #154 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,019 boysMNIllinois: #133 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 841 boysILWisconsin: #220 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,941 boysWIMichigan: #144 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 990 boysMINew York: #186 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,976 boysNYMassachusetts: #338 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,651 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedNVWyoming: #57 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 246 boysWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedIAIndiana: #148 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,127 boysINOhio: #77 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 446 boysOHPennsylvania: #69 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 433 boysPANew Jersey: #112 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 905 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #91 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 478 boysCAUtah: #145 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 658 boysUTColorado: #86 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 415 boysCONebraska: #264 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,403 boysNEMissouri: #263 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,348 boysMOKentucky: #382 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,703 boysKYWest Virginia: #123 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 694 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedDEArizona: #73 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 296 boysAZNew Mexico: #55 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 213 boysNMKansas: #210 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,576 boysKSArkansas: #416 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,540 boysARTennessee: #393 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,100 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #219 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,742 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #243 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,701 boysOKLouisiana: #388 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,291 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedMSAlabama: #333 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,971 boysALGeorgia: #507 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,153 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mike, so not publishedHITexas: #167 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 844 boysTXFlorida: #222 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,490 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#55 · 1 in 213
  2. Wyoming#57 · 1 in 246
  3. Pennsylvania#69 · 1 in 433
  4. North Dakota#70 · 1 in 240
  5. Arizona#73 · 1 in 296

Best ever in a state: #10 in Nevada, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#55191 in 213
Wyoming#5771 in 246
Pennsylvania#692011 in 433
North Dakota#70261 in 240
Arizona#73111 in 296
Ohio#771121 in 446
Colorado#86211 in 415
California#91631 in 478
New Jersey#112321 in 905
West Virginia#123241 in 694
Illinois#133661 in 841
Montana#14151 in 888
Michigan#144351 in 990
Utah#14571 in 658
Indiana#148221 in 1,127
Minnesota#154221 in 1,019
Texas#167621 in 844
New York#186471 in 1,976
Washington#18671 in 1,383
Kansas#210101 in 1,576
South Carolina#219121 in 1,742
Wisconsin#220121 in 1,941
Florida#22271 in 1,490
Oklahoma#243131 in 1,701
Missouri#263121 in 2,348
Nebraska#26451 in 2,403
Alabama#33391 in 2,971
Massachusetts#33851 in 6,651
Kentucky#38271 in 3,703
Louisiana#38861 in 3,291
Tennessee#39361 in 4,100
Arkansas#41651 in 3,540
Georgia#50751 in 6,153
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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 Mike
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 222 spots since 2024 (#1,009 → #1,231)
  • 78 spots since 2020 (#1,153 → #1,231)
  • 199 spots since 2015 (#1,032 → #1,231)
  • Biggest jump: 92 spots in 2017 (#1,043 → #951)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 2018 (#951 → #1,128)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #36 (12,045 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1956–1968
  • Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1880–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 177
  • Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 1960 were named Mike (0.56%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,479 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 34.7% of all boys named Mike (71,456) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s779#142 (1880)#173
1890s828#160 (1898)#182
1900s1,281#145 (1906)#158
1910s7,942#125 (1916)#133
1920s9,076#141 (1920)#166
1930s8,028#129 (1939)#180
1940s34,645#64 (1946)#86
1950s48,345#37 (1959)#99
1960s71,456#36 (1960)#61
1970s10,304#136 (1970)#260
1980s3,509#401 (1980)#464
1990s3,287#505 (1990)#571
2000s3,120#597 (2002)#679
2010s2,130#861 (2012)#973
2020s1,131#1,009 (2024)#1,115

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.

Mike in 1922

boys
#163
931 births · 1 in 1,169 boys

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #163Mike931
More about 1922

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 1,169 of them was named Mike, which outranked 96.7% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mike
  1. #160Clayton979
  2. #161Angelo978
  3. #162Delbert976
  4. #163Mike931
  5. #164Phillip920
  6. #165Clinton916
  7. #166Bennie915
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1922 →