Mikell
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #13,150
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to boys 74.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,533since 1941
Mikell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,098 | 25 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,693 | 28 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #2,955 | 38 |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,852 | 41 | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #4,366 | 22 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #3,105 | 37 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #3,057 | 38 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #2,953 | 34 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #3,119 | 30 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #2,674 | 34 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
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| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1941
The first year at least five boys were named Mikell! It came in at #3,133, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Mikell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mikell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mikell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,002 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #8,243)
- 1,947 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #8,243)
- 3,532 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1956 at #1,821 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 46,323
- Highest: 1 in 46,323 boys born in 2011 were named Mikell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,821 in 1956, was only 1 in 111,332 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 21.5% of all boys named Mikell (330) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1946
- Mostly girls until 1945, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 48 | #2,225 (1949) | #2,841 |
| 1950s | 143 | #1,821 (1956) | #2,142 |
| 1960s | 138 | #1,858 (1960) | #2,268 |
| 1970s | 141 | #1,916 (1971) | #2,879 |
| 1980s | 185 | #2,036 (1984) | #2,787 |
| 1990s | 207 | #2,590 (1996) | #3,382 |
| 2000s | 330 | #2,674 (2000) | #3,143 |
| 2010s | 247 | #2,852 (2011) | #4,376 |
| 2020s | 94 | #5,019 (2022) | #5,899 |
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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