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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 205,861since 1880
Mike over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #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 | |
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 1978
- 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
- Colorado#234 · 1 in 1,830
- Texas#235 · 1 in 1,439
- California#258 · 1 in 1,898
- Arizona#278 · 1 in 1,898
- Washington#281 · 1 in 2,678
Best ever in a state: #10 in Nevada, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #234 | 11 | 1 in 1,830 |
| Texas | #235 | 80 | 1 in 1,439 |
| California | #258 | 89 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Arizona | #278 | 10 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Washington | #281 | 10 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Illinois | #283 | 33 | 1 in 2,406 |
| Utah | #284 | 7 | 1 in 2,553 |
| Wisconsin | #320 | 7 | 1 in 4,590 |
| Missouri | #325 | 9 | 1 in 3,885 |
| Michigan | #336 | 15 | 1 in 4,283 |
| Alabama | #343 | 8 | 1 in 3,225 |
| Oregon | #348 | 5 | 1 in 3,622 |
| Ohio | #398 | 13 | 1 in 5,928 |
| Georgia | #402 | 10 | 1 in 3,776 |
| Indiana | #402 | 7 | 1 in 5,615 |
| Tennessee | #424 | 6 | 1 in 5,323 |
| New York | #427 | 23 | 1 in 4,794 |
| Florida | #484 | 10 | 1 in 5,101 |
| North Carolina | #542 | 5 | 1 in 7,434 |
| New Jersey | #569 | 5 | 1 in 8,277 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 5 | 1 in 6,609 |
| Pennsylvania | #651 | 5 | 1 in 14,673 |
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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.
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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
| 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 1978
boys
#367
438 births · 1 in 3,748 boys
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,748 of them was named Mike, which outranked 94.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.