Mickey
Mickey is given to both girls and boys: 13 girls and 73 boys were given it in 2025 (#8,187 among girls’ names and #2,048 among boys’, #3,927 among all names counting both); 34,173 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Mickey every year since 1929.
An estimated 22,600 Americans named Mickey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 46 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mickey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mickey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mickey is “a diminutive of the male given name Michael.” Its etymology gives the sense “diminutive of the male given name Michael” (Mick).
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Michaela and Michelle.”
The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun senses 1 (“Mickey Mouse cartoon”) and 3.2 (“type of bombsight assisted by radar”) are short forms of Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 2 (“synonym of Mick”) refers to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and that many Irish people are Roman Catholic. Noun sense 3.1 is a short form of Mickey Finn.
/ˈmɪki/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mickey?
#2,048 among boys’ names, 2025
Mickey fell from #1,584 in 2015 to #2,048 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 53.2 to 42.7 per million.
1,091 babies in 1957, the peak
Mickey peaked in 1957, when 1,091 babies were given it (950 boys, #248 among boys’ names). The 86 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 8% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,187 | 73 | #2,048 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,836 | 103 | #1,647 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,342 | 87 | #1,842 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,623 | 106 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,072 | 90 | #1,779 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,452 | 107 | #1,551 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,451 | 120 | #1,458 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,167 | 80 | #1,882 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,624 | 95 | #1,679 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,866 | 89 | #1,748 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #9,935 | 102 | #1,584 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,902 | 99 | #1,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,763 | 78 | #1,841 |
| 2012 | under 5 | 73 | #1,955 | |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,179 | 83 | #1,764 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,928 | 66 | #2,061 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,246 | 85 | #1,783 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,326 | 85 | #1,771 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,590 | 75 | #1,907 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,608 | 65 | #2,052 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,621 | 78 | #1,716 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,431 | 83 | #1,586 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,880 | 75 | #1,661 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,161 | 86 | #1,479 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,717 | 81 | #1,506 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,694 | 98 | #1,318 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,253 | 97 | #1,271 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,862 | 96 | #1,266 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,946 | 136 | #969 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,430 | 161 | #862 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,861 | 116 | #1,034 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,781 | 124 | #996 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,847 | 120 | #992 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,529 | 160 | #833 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,142 | 146 | #869 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,450 | 152 | #828 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,279 | 181 | #731 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,988 | 145 | #787 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,149 | 153 | #738 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,360 | 154 | #729 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,563 | 171 | #681 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,580 | 190 | #621 |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,057 | 207 | #593 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,467 | 178 | #651 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,461 | 210 | #591 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,088 | 214 | #593 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,969 | 249 | #540 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,720 | 243 | #530 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,754 | 323 | #445 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,242 | 317 | #440 |
| 1975 | 35 | #2,343 | 323 | #440 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,841 | 334 | #431 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,111 | 319 | #438 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,819 | 327 | #438 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,322 | 343 | #442 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,187 | 394 | #411 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,971 | 384 | #405 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,152 | 472 | #356 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,452 | 523 | #328 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,597 | 434 | #360 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,650 | 479 | #348 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,456 | 507 | #350 |
| 1963 | 88 | #1,166 | 500 | #348 |
| 1962 | 100 | #1,087 | 585 | #324 |
| 1961 | 106 | #1,066 | 636 | #310 |
| 1960 | 124 | #961 | 640 | #309 |
| 1959 | 122 | #956 | 712 | #294 |
| 1958 | 106 | #1,009 | 789 | #272 |
| 1957 | 141 | #856 | 950 | #248 |
| 1956 | 149 | #814 | 821 | #250 |
| 1955 | 136 | #832 | 630 | #286 |
| 1954 | 168 | #712 | 583 | #296 |
| 1953 | 168 | #706 | 621 | #282 |
| 1952 | 173 | #674 | 501 | #317 |
| 1951 | 185 | #637 | 551 | #295 |
| 1950 | 211 | #574 | 501 | #303 |
| 1949 | 220 | #563 | 549 | #290 |
| 1948 | 231 | #544 | 551 | #288 |
| 1947 | 137 | #731 | 555 | #292 |
| 1946 | 116 | #763 | 488 | #293 |
| 1945 | 116 | #695 | 397 | #301 |
| 1944 | 117 | #691 | 390 | #307 |
| 1943 | 121 | #694 | 395 | #312 |
| 1942 | 140 | #637 | 434 | #291 |
| 1941 | 94 | #733 | 354 | #307 |
| 1940 | 100 | #699 | 364 | #293 |
| 1939 | 71 | #822 | 245 | #361 |
| 1938 | 89 | #728 | 220 | #380 |
| 1937 | 67 | #849 | 172 | #433 |
| 1936 | 68 | #817 | 173 | #426 |
| 1935 | 84 | #739 | 178 | #415 |
| 1934 | 81 | #743 | 167 | #436 |
| 1933 | 83 | #719 | 147 | #455 |
| 1932 | 99 | #681 | 169 | #430 |
| 1931 | 68 | #834 | 138 | #489 |
| 1930 | 93 | #729 | 124 | #536 |
| 1929 | 90 | #740 | 105 | #590 |
| 1928 | 94 | #733 | 93 | #650 |
| 1927 | 84 | #796 | 91 | #674 |
| 1926 | 89 | #768 | 64 | #827 |
| 1925 | 90 | #783 | 69 | #798 |
| 1924 | 98 | #754 | 67 | #831 |
| 1923 | 72 | #869 | 63 | #857 |
| 1922 | 71 | #870 | 60 | #901 |
| 1921 | 79 | #833 | 52 | #979 |
| 1920 | 67 | #889 | 56 | #928 |
| 1919 | 47 | #1,073 | 47 | #996 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,273 | 52 | #930 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,361 | 35 | #1,146 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,160 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,332 | 41 | #991 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,329 | 29 | #1,069 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,579 | 20 | #1,166 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,335 | 12 | #1,497 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,156 | 8 | #1,348 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,400 | 17 | #747 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,902 | 12 | #880 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,792 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,595 | 7 | #1,164 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,136 | 6 | #1,202 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,185 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 7 | #991 | |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,862 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 7 | #958 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Mickey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 34,173 Americans recorded as Mickey, 19% are girls and 81% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Mickey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mickey, and how old are they?
22,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 34,173 Americans ever recorded as Mickey. The median Mickey alive today is 62 years old; half are between 46 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 21,288 people named Mickey (3,925 women and girls, 17,363 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 24,504 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,620 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,860 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,680 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,490 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,390 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mickey born?
The states with the most babies named Mickey are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,335 | #2,470 | 1.5× |
| California | 2,365 | #1,772 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 1,682 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Alabama | 1,319 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 1,252 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 1,250 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 1,141 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 1,083 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Oklahoma | 1,047 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 934 | #1,683 | 0.3× |
Where Mickey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mickey is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mickey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 245,432 babies since 1880, Mickey is the second most given (14% of them). In 2025 it was given to 86 of their 318 babies (27%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mickey
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mickey and names like it
- Compare Mickey and MikeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sMickey peaked in 1957.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mickey since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Mickey.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mickey alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.