NameTides

Mike

Mike was the #1,231 boys' name in the US in 2025 (163 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Mike as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mike as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Mike as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,231 (163)#2,664 (8)——#676 (4)#1,127 (22)
2024#1,009 (222)#2,089 (11)———#1,507 (14)
2023#1,053 (206)#2,326 (9)———#1,283 (16)
2022#1,044 (211)#1,880 (12)——#509 (6)#1,142 (19)
2021#1,200 (161)#2,730 (7)——#631 (4)#1,109 (20)
2020#1,153 (168)#1,273 (20)——#402 (9)#1,038 (21)
2019#1,116 (176)#2,266 (9)——#466 (7)#1,152 (18)
2018#1,128 (171)#1,324 (19)——#572 (5)#1,021 (21)
2017#951 (219)#1,703 (14)#733 (3)—#547 (5)#908 (25)
2016#1,043 (190)#1,804 (13)—#421 (3)#541 (5)#892 (26)
2015#1,032 (196)#1,327 (19)——#615 (4)#978 (22)
2014#970 (216)#1,370 (18)——#468 (7)#1,250 (15)
2013#882 (236)#1,617 (14)——#479 (6)#714 (34)
2012#861 (245)#1,367 (18)——#457 (7)#837 (27)
2011#875 (239)#2,194 (9)#648 (3)—#623 (4)#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1960 at #36.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mike is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mike by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,197CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #515FL
Mike (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38512

Mike (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MikeCanadaBoys#1,12722
MikeEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
MikeIrelandBoys#6764
MikeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MikeScotlandBoys—too few
MikeUSGirls—too few
MikeUSBoys#1,231163