How rare is the name Mikel?

9,644 people in the United States have the first name Mikel, about 1 in 31,318. It ranks #2,521 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIKEL

#2,521

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,644
About
1 in 31,318
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,644 people named Mikel, 57.7% reported their origin as White, 21.7% as Black and 13.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 91% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mikel peaked in 1989, when 224 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
224
In 2025*
81 ▼64%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,554 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Mikel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,345. The largest share of babies named Mikel, 24.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#3,1215
1910s#6,79235
1920s#7,78146
1930s#5,92363
1940s#2,078486
1950s#1,3451,549
1960s#1,6161,235
1970s#1,5831,435
1980s#1,6081,656
1990s#1,7501,920
2000s#2,0871,948
2010s#2,6301,549
2020s#3,463627
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–6419.9%
Generation X 1965–8017.1%
Millennials 1981–9622.7%
Generation Z 1997–1224.1%
2013 and later13.3%

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 Mikel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mikel has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Oklahoma (2.2×), and Texas (2×), and least common in Minnesota (0.29×).

6,750 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 Mikel

#2,519 Rubi · 9,654#2,520 Ha · 9,646#2,522 Sung · 9,641#2,523 Jung · 9,636

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mikel, most common first.

#3,917 Mikael · 4,993#5,392 Mikal · 3,195#8,715 Mikeal · 1,650#9,123 Mikell · 1,547#9,657 Mickel · 1,426#10,156 Migel · 1,327#13,608 Mikkel · 883#13,642 Mikela · 880

Also a last name

As a last name, Mikel ranks #11,820 of 156,621, with 2,533 people. See Mikel as a last name

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