Mykel
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
- Given to boys 82.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 139 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,444since 1977
Mykel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,091 | 70 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,210 | 65 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,832 | 87 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #1,815 | 89 |
| 2021 | — | #1,841 | 84 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #2,300 | 58 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #2,169 | 63 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #1,617 | 96 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #1,577 | 98 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #1,612 | 97 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #1,546 | 106 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #1,408 | 120 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,387 | 118 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | #1,467 | 104 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #1,261 | 124 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #1,287 | 116 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #1,391 | 96 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #1,424 | 91 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #1,337 | 97 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #1,497 | 81 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #1,421 | 82 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | #1,459 | 77 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #1,499 | 70 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #1,465 | 69 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #1,581 | 58 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #1,379 | 70 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | #1,382 | 67 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #1,130 | 94 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #869 | 139 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #1,425 | 59 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #1,270 | 65 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #1,153 | 69 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,268 | 57 |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Mykel! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1979, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Mykel is popular in 2025
- 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
- Georgia#853 · 1 in 5,022
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
- Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
Best ever in a state: #232 in Nebraska, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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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
- 119 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,091)
- 242 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #2,091)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #2,091)
- Biggest jump: 556 spots in 1990
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1991
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1990 at #869 (139 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,777
- Highest: 1 in 14,777 boys born in 1990 were named Mykel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 30.6% of all boys named Mykel (1,053) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1979
- Mostly girls until 1978, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17 | #5,059 (1978) | #5,420 |
| 1980s | 367 | #1,153 (1987) | #2,213 |
| 1990s | 790 | #869 (1990) | #1,368 |
| 2000s | 1,053 | #1,261 (2005) | #1,401 |
| 2010s | 742 | #1,577 (2011) | #1,997 |
| 2020s | 475 | #1,815 (2022) | #1,940 |
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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