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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #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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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 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#435 · 1 in 2,459
- Oklahoma#521 · 1 in 3,436
- Indiana#708 · 1 in 6,376
- Virginia#717 · 1 in 6,152
- Ohio#927 · 1 in 10,921
Best ever in a state: #232 in Nebraska, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #435 | 6 | 1 in 2,459 |
| Oklahoma | #521 | 6 | 1 in 3,436 |
| Indiana | #708 | 6 | 1 in 6,376 |
| Virginia | #717 | 7 | 1 in 6,152 |
| Ohio | #927 | 6 | 1 in 10,921 |
| Georgia | #941 | 7 | 1 in 8,530 |
| Illinois | #1,036 | 7 | 1 in 11,021 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,049 | 5 | 1 in 12,757 |
| Florida | #1,234 | 7 | 1 in 14,143 |
| New York | #1,502 | 6 | 1 in 18,046 |
| California | #1,632 | 9 | 1 in 28,241 |
| Texas | #1,831 | 6 | 1 in 30,186 |
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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.
See more about Mykel
- 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 (#1,425 → #869)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1991 (#869 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1990 at #869 (139 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1990
- 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%)
- 30.6% of all boys named Mykel (1,053) were born in this decade
- 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.
Mykel in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 71,071 of them was named Mykel, which outranked 74.2% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,828Yulia27
- #4,828Zanaya27
- #4,828Zyasia27
- #4,958Mykel26
- #4,958Aashna26
- #4,958Aasia26
- #4,958Aerin26
- #5,113Aaron25
- #5,113Adrielle25
- #5,113Akina25
Tied with 154 names at #4,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 16,107 of them was named Mykel, which outranked 90.6% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,257Clyde125
- #1,257Coy125
- #1,257Tom125
- #1,261Mykel124
- #1,261Carsen124
- #1,261Gian124
- #1,261Ishmael124
- #1,266Abdul123
- #1,266Chauncey123
- #1,266Donavon123
Tied with 4 names at #1,261; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.