Mykell
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 75.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 41 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 810since 1987
Mykell 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,067 | 19 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,891 | 26 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,180 | 23 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #2,958 | 39 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #3,045 | 38 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #3,313 | 33 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #2,744 | 42 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #2,599 | 41 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #6,089 | 6 |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five boys were named Mykell! It came in at #6,089, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1989, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Mykell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mykell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mykell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,736 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #6,803)
- 2,662 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #6,803)
- 2,396 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2004 at #2,599 (41 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 12 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 48,414
- Highest: 1 in 48,414 boys born in 2004 were named Mykell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 38.4% of all boys named Mykell (311) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2000
- Mostly girls until 1999, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 | #6,089 (1987) | #7,088 |
| 1990s | 111 | #3,854 (1995) | #5,458 |
| 2000s | 311 | #2,599 (2004) | #3,341 |
| 2010s | 246 | #2,958 (2010) | #4,228 |
| 2020s | 126 | #3,651 (2021) | #4,893 |
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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