first name
MIKE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 228,046 people named Mike, 79.3% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mike peaked in 1960, when 12,069 babies got the name.
At least 206,523 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Mike by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #110. The largest share of babies named Mike, 57.7%, 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 Mike is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mike has been most common in Wyoming (2.6×), Montana (2.3×), and New Mexico (2.2×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.25×).
198,927 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 Mike
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mike, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mike ranks #9,221 of 156,621, with 3,393 people. See Mike as a last name
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