Mikey

Where Mikey comes from

From Mike + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mikey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #3,532 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1952
    Peak, #1,804
    18 babies named Mikey — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1955
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,964.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.