Boys' name · since 1977
Mican
42 babies named Mican in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
42 boys have been named Mican since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mican has 42 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2024.
- #23,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 42 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mican ranks #23,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mican's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mican's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mican's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mican popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2024
- Peak year (1984)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Mican by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (19 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Mican's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Mican births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mican's data
- Mican's decade-level peak was the 1980s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mican: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mican draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.