Boys' name · since 1952
Mickal
72 babies named Mickal in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 72
- total births
- 1952–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
72 boys have been named Mickal since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mickal recorded 72 times among boys since 1952, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2003.
- 72 total births
- 1952–2003 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mickal's 72 recorded births place it above 57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mickal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mickal's full recorded timeline at 1975, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1966 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mickal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2003
- Peak year (1966)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Mickal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mickal's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mickal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mickal's data
- Mickal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1952–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mickal: Baby Name Since 1952 - 72 Births, Peak 1966." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mickal. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mickal 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 July 2026.