NameTides

Mikel

Mikel was the #1,919 boys' name in the US in 2025 (81 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales.

Mikel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Mikel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Mikel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,919 (81)#2,269 (10)——
2024#1,776 (92)#1,517 (17)—#1,764 (11)
2023#1,623 (107)#2,326 (9)—#1,810 (10)
2022#1,540 (116)#1,534 (16)—#1,895 (9)
2021#1,565 (111)#1,595 (15)—#1,478 (13)
2020#1,437 (120)#1,635 (14)—#1,595 (11)
2019#1,441 (121)#1,506 (16)—#1,835 (9)
2018#1,217 (154)#1,455 (17)—#1,471 (12)
2017#1,306 (138)#1,812 (13)——
2016#1,254 (146)#1,704 (14)—#1,487 (12)
2015#1,228 (149)#1,442 (17)—#1,956 (8)
2014#1,147 (165)#1,281 (20)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,162 (155)#1,247 (20)—#2,305 (6)
2012#1,161 (157)#1,119 (24)—#1,334 (14)
2011#1,136 (159)#1,522 (15)—#1,326 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #871.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 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 21,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Mikel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mikel 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: 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: #1,277NCSouth 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: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Mikel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MikelCanadaBoys—too few
MikelEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
MikelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MikelScotlandBoys—too few
MikelUSGirls—too few
MikelUSBoys#1,91981