Mickel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mickel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,962 babies named Mickel between 1914 and 2025, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mickel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mickel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 448 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Mickel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mickel in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mickel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,962 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.