first name
MICKEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,288 people named Mickey, 77.4% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 81.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mickey peaked in 1957, when 1,091 babies got the name.
At least 34,173 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mickey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #544. The largest share of babies named Mickey, 42.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mickey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mickey has been most common in Oklahoma (3×), Alabama (2.8×), and Tennessee (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.11×).
25,164 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mickey
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mickey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mickey ranks #8,692 of 156,621, with 3,624 people. See Mickey as a last name
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