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
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 12,045 births
- Debut · boys
- 95 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 205,861since 1880
Mike over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,231 | 163 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,009 | 222 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,053 | 206 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,044 | 211 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,200 | 161 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,153 | 168 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,116 | 176 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,128 | 171 | |
| 2017 | — | #951 | 219 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,043 | 190 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,032 | 196 | |
| 2014 | — | #970 | 216 | |
| 2013 | — | #882 | 236 | |
| 2012 | — | #861 | 245 | |
| 2011 | — | #875 | 239 | |
| 2010 | — | #870 | 242 | |
| 2009 | — | #833 | 260 | |
| 2008 | — | #759 | 293 | |
| 2007 | — | #754 | 292 | |
| 2006 | — | #686 | 329 | |
| 2005 | — | #689 | 300 | |
| 2004 | — | #624 | 338 | |
| 2003 | — | #639 | 322 | |
| 2002 | — | #597 | 342 | |
| 2001 | — | #612 | 315 | |
| 2000 | — | #599 | 329 | |
| 1999 | — | #631 | 284 | |
| 1998 | — | #627 | 290 | |
| 1997 | — | #563 | 335 | |
| 1996 | — | #534 | 362 | |
| 1995 | — | #562 | 332 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #616 | 289 |
| 1993 | — | #613 | 289 | |
| 1992 | — | #544 | 351 | |
| 1991 | — | #514 | 375 | |
| 1990 | — | #505 | 380 | |
| 1989 | — | #473 | 402 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #467 | 381 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #508 | 310 |
| 1986 | — | #487 | 322 | |
| 1985 | — | #459 | 351 | |
| 1984 | — | #492 | 292 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #478 | 311 |
| 1982 | — | #469 | 325 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #404 | 408 |
| 1980 | — | #401 | 407 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #386 | 438 |
| 1978 | — | #367 | 438 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #344 | 521 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #302 | 591 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #280 | 681 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #245 | 814 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #208 | 1,040 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #178 | 1,392 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #153 | 1,923 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #136 | 2,466 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 | #112 | 2,870 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #93 | 3,214 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #84 | 3,757 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #69 | 4,526 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #51 | 6,035 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #47 | 7,767 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #44 | 9,045 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | #39 | 10,530 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | #36 | 11,667 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #36 | 12,045 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #37 | 11,995 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #40 | 10,779 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #53 | 7,247 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #97 | 3,900 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #123 | 2,732 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #130 | 2,502 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #136 | 2,277 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #136 | 2,101 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #128 | 2,198 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #113 | 2,614 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #88 | 3,742 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #68 | 5,045 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | #65 | 5,750 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #64 | 4,854 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #69 | 3,592 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #80 | 3,084 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #90 | 2,803 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #106 | 2,293 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #111 | 1,933 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #122 | 1,549 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #129 | 1,348 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #154 | 1,055 |
| 1937 | — | #168 | 871 | |
| 1936 | — | #174 | 774 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #184 | 728 |
| 1934 | — | #193 | 650 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #203 | 574 |
| 1932 | — | #206 | 624 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #190 | 693 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #196 | 711 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #195 | 696 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #187 | 761 |
| 1927 | — | #180 | 800 | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #170 | 857 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #164 | 908 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #164 | 963 |
| 1923 | — | #155 | 1,006 | |
| 1922 | — | #163 | 931 | |
| 1921 | — | #145 | 1,080 | |
| 1920 | — | #141 | 1,074 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #132 | 1,122 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #127 | 1,287 |
| 1917 | — | #126 | 1,181 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #125 | 1,114 |
| 1915 | — | #129 | 1,029 | |
| 1914 | — | #128 | 794 | |
| 1913 | — | #145 | 520 | |
| 1912 | — | #144 | 430 | |
| 1911 | — | #135 | 243 | |
| 1910 | — | #143 | 222 | |
| 1909 | — | #151 | 167 | |
| 1908 | — | #167 | 139 | |
| 1907 | — | #147 | 157 | |
| 1906 | — | #145 | 141 | |
| 1905 | — | #167 | 117 | |
| 1904 | — | #160 | 118 | |
| 1903 | — | #157 | 113 | |
| 1902 | — | #172 | 99 | |
| 1901 | — | #157 | 98 | |
| 1900 | — | #158 | 132 | |
| 1899 | — | #174 | 83 | |
| 1898 | — | #160 | 106 | |
| 1897 | — | #167 | 92 | |
| 1896 | — | #192 | 85 | |
| 1895 | — | #185 | 85 | |
| 1894 | — | #173 | 87 | |
| 1893 | — | #207 | 67 | |
| 1892 | — | #199 | 76 | |
| 1891 | — | #194 | 64 | |
| 1890 | — | #169 | 83 | |
| 1889 | — | #186 | 72 | |
| 1888 | — | #185 | 81 | |
| 1887 | — | #174 | 73 | |
| 1886 | — | #166 | 84 | |
| 1885 | — | #159 | 84 | |
| 1884 | — | #166 | 84 | |
| 1883 | — | #168 | 73 | |
| 1882 | — | #155 | 89 | |
| 1881 | — | #229 | 44 | |
| 1880 | — | #142 | 95 | |
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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#44 · 1 in 206
- Montana#45 · 1 in 197
- Washington#48 · 1 in 232
- California#54 · 1 in 291
- Arizona#58 · 1 in 244
Best ever in a state: #10 in Nevada, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #44 | 17 | 1 in 206 |
| Montana | #45 | 40 | 1 in 197 |
| Washington | #48 | 137 | 1 in 232 |
| California | #54 | 576 | 1 in 291 |
| Arizona | #58 | 58 | 1 in 244 |
| Colorado | #58 | 70 | 1 in 291 |
| Nevada | #67 | 9 | 1 in 298 |
| Oregon | #67 | 56 | 1 in 319 |
| Alaska | #68 | 11 | 1 in 288 |
| Missouri | #69 | 126 | 1 in 382 |
| Oklahoma | #69 | 75 | 1 in 331 |
| Ohio | #70 | 270 | 1 in 428 |
| Michigan | #71 | 258 | 1 in 388 |
| Idaho | #72 | 21 | 1 in 345 |
| Wisconsin | #73 | 111 | 1 in 412 |
| Minnesota | #75 | 85 | 1 in 470 |
| Kansas | #76 | 64 | 1 in 387 |
| New Mexico | #78 | 39 | 1 in 312 |
| Nebraska | #79 | 36 | 1 in 446 |
| Tennessee | #82 | 103 | 1 in 398 |
| Kentucky | #83 | 88 | 1 in 413 |
| Iowa | #87 | 55 | 1 in 558 |
| Indiana | #88 | 111 | 1 in 498 |
| Utah | #89 | 28 | 1 in 429 |
| Texas | #97 | 313 | 1 in 396 |
| Georgia | #98 | 104 | 1 in 482 |
| North Dakota | #99 | 15 | 1 in 495 |
| South Dakota | #99 | 16 | 1 in 514 |
| Illinois | #105 | 156 | 1 in 720 |
| Alabama | #107 | 79 | 1 in 506 |
| Arkansas | #110 | 38 | 1 in 535 |
| West Virginia | #113 | 30 | 1 in 719 |
| Florida | #118 | 83 | 1 in 569 |
| New Jersey | #118 | 56 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Delaware | #120 | 7 | 1 in 714 |
| North Carolina | #136 | 76 | 1 in 730 |
| Connecticut | #137 | 17 | 1 in 1,454 |
| Pennsylvania | #140 | 97 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Rhode Island | #140 | 5 | 1 in 1,842 |
| New York | #142 | 151 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Massachusetts | #154 | 24 | 1 in 2,319 |
| Mississippi | #159 | 32 | 1 in 892 |
| South Carolina | #163 | 33 | 1 in 932 |
| Maine | #174 | 7 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Virginia | #175 | 35 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Maryland | #176 | 23 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Hawaii | #186 | 8 | 1 in 922 |
| Louisiana | #192 | 38 | 1 in 1,112 |
| District of Columbia | #196 | 9 | 1 in 1,663 |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #36 (12,045 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1956–1968
- Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1880–2014
- Highest: 1 in 177 boys born in 1960 were named Mike (0.56%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,479 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 34.7% of all boys named Mike (71,456) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 779 | #142 (1880) | #173 |
| 1890s | 828 | #160 (1898) | #182 |
| 1900s | 1,281 | #145 (1906) | #158 |
| 1910s | 7,942 | #125 (1916) | #133 |
| 1920s | 9,076 | #141 (1920) | #166 |
| 1930s | 8,028 | #129 (1939) | #180 |
| 1940s | 34,645 | #64 (1946) | #86 |
| 1950s | 48,345 | #37 (1959) | #99 |
| 1960s | 71,456 | #36 (1960) | #61 |
| 1970s | 10,304 | #136 (1970) | #260 |
| 1980s | 3,509 | #401 (1980) | #464 |
| 1990s | 3,287 | #505 (1990) | #571 |
| 2000s | 3,120 | #597 (2002) | #679 |
| 2010s | 2,130 | #861 (2012) | #973 |
| 2020s | 1,131 | #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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 167,309 of them was named Mike, which outranked 49.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,321Yevette13
- #3,321Yong13
- #3,321Zara13
- #3,493Mike12
- #3,493Alan12
- #3,493Aleda12
- #3,493Alfreida12
- #3,696Abbey11
- #3,696Adrianna11
- #3,696Alaine11
Tied with 202 names at #3,493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 542 of them was named Mike, which outranked 97.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.