Mikkel
- Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Given to boys 97.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 882since 1947
Mikkel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mikkel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #5,399 | 17 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,019 | 19 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,153 | 18 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,890 | 19 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,221 | 23 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,395 | 22 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,686 | 27 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,450 | 25 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five boys were named Mikkel! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1955, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mikkel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mikkel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mikkel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,399)
- 897 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,399)
- 509 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1984 at #2,824 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 11 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 68,448
- Highest: 1 in 68,448 boys born in 2004 were named Mikkel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,824 in 1984, was only 1 in 112,803 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 27.9% of all boys named Mikkel (246) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,712 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,535 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,033 |
| 1970s | 74 | #2,897 (1979) | #3,437 |
| 1980s | 115 | #2,824 (1984) | #3,822 |
| 1990s | 134 | #3,325 (1991) | #4,638 |
| 2000s | 246 | #3,285 (2004) | #3,777 |
| 2010s | 193 | #3,894 (2012) | #4,928 |
| 2020s | 99 | #4,628 (2021) | #5,580 |
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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