Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mikel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mikel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mikel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mikel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mikel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mikel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mikel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mikel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1936 19 0.000009145 8 11 -16%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 19 0.000008623 5 14 -47%
1940 24 0.000010423 7 17 -42%
1941 23 0.00000944 7 16 -39%
1942 33 0.00001208 10 23 -39%
1943 40 0.000014172 5 35 -75%
1944 39 0.000014498 6 33 -69%
1945 39 0.000014701 39 -100%
1946 65 0.000020342 9 56 -72%
1947 76 0.000021098 6 70 -84%
1948 63 0.000018248 63 -100%
1949 84 0.000024105 6 78 -86%
1950 102 0.000029115 8 94 -84%
1951 116 0.00003149 116 -100%
1952 111 0.000029226 7 104 -87%
1953 199 0.000051639 9 190 -91%
1954 140 0.00003517 140 -100%
1955 153 0.000038106 153 -100%
1956 195 0.000047295 9 186 -91%
1957 194 0.000046167 194 -100%
1958 184 0.00004451 6 178 -93%
1959 155 0.000037278 7 148 -91%
1960 132 0.000031778 6 126 -91%
1961 136 0.000032832 136 -100%
1962 139 0.000034445 139 -100%
1963 129 0.000032591 17 112 -74%
1964 125 0.000032153 16 109 -74%
1965 103 0.00002841 103 -100%
1966 92 0.00002647 5 87 -89%
1967 118 0.000034758 13 105 -78%
1968 119 0.000035224 12 107 -80%
1969 142 0.00004086 22 120 -69%
1970 135 0.000037432 9 126 -87%
1971 141 0.00004108 15 126 -79%
1972 124 0.000039453 11 113 -82%
1973 117 0.000038782 11 106 -81%
1974 164 0.000053947 30 134 -63%
1975 156 0.000051666 24 132 -69%
1976 137 0.00004515 8 129 -88%
1977 151 0.000047537 21 130 -72%
1978 152 0.000047891 20 132 -74%
1979 158 0.00004749 25 133 -68%
1980 142 0.000041225 16 126 -77%
1981 137 0.000039603 11 126 -84%
1982 175 0.000049887 44 131 -50%
1983 170 0.000049086 29 141 -66%
1984 144 0.000041275 18 126 -75%
1985 171 0.000047911 14 157 -84%
1986 152 0.000042732 16 136 -79%
1987 161 0.000044653 25 136 -69%
1988 180 0.000048714 19 161 -79%
1989 224 0.000058266 26 198 -77%
1990 204 0.000051613 22 182 -78%
1991 209 0.000053655 23 186 -78%
1992 176 0.000045818 21 155 -76%
1993 213 0.000056494 24 189 -77%
1994 178 0.00004788 25 153 -72%
1995 168 0.000045875 19 149 -77%
1996 194 0.000053192 24 170 -75%
1997 186 0.0000513 27 159 -71%
1998 190 0.000051656 21 169 -78%
1999 202 0.000054685 15 187 -85%
2000 211 0.000055822 23 188 -78%
2001 201 0.000053695 21 180 -79%
2002 181 0.000048418 12 169 -87%
2003 181 0.000047603 15 166 -83%
2004 218 0.000057054 17 201 -84%
2005 193 0.000050197 12 181 -88%
2006 197 0.000049795 9 188 -91%
2007 193 0.000048278 9 184 -91%
2008 198 0.000050373 16 182 -84%
2009 175 0.000045809 9 166 -90%
2010 179 0.000048434 7 172 -92%
2011 166 0.000045383 7 159 -92%
2012 157 0.000042927 157 -100%
2013 161 0.000044162 6 155 -93%
2014 165 0.000044518 165 -100%
2015 154 0.000041611 5 149 -94%
2016 146 0.000039796 146 -100%
2017 138 0.000038588 138 -100%
2018 162 0.000046076 8 154 -90%
2019 121 0.000034861 121 -100%
2020 119 0.000035623 119 -100%
2021 111 0.000032763 111 -100%
2022 116 0.000034288 116 -100%
2023 107 0.000032315 107 -100%
2024 91 0.00002734 91 -100%

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