Girls' name · since 1969

Mieke

260 babies named Mieke in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,227 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,280 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
260
born since 1969
1970s
peak decade

Mieke currently ranks #15280 among girls' names in America, with 260 babies recorded since 1969.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mieke has been recorded 260 times among girls since 1969, currently ranked #15280 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.

  • #17,227 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,280 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 260 born since 1969
  • 1970s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mieke ranks #17,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,280 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 260 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.

#17,227 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,280 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
260
born since 1969
1970s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%11.6%
Mieke vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Mieke's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Mieke compares

260 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Mieke's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mieke Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 260 376 567,345
Peak-year births 17 21 19,840

Mieke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Mieke's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Mieke popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1972)
17
Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
05101520 196919731977198219962008201320182025 5

Mieke by decade

1970s is the heaviest window (103 births, 40% of the file).

1970s was Mieke's strongest decade.

103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.

Mieke births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 103 births (40% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mieke?
260 babies have been named Mieke since 1969. All-time, it sits at #17,227 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,280 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1972 with 17 births.
Where does Mieke sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mieke ranks #17,227 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,280 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mieke most popular?
Mieke was most popular in the 1970s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 1972.
How long has the name Mieke been used?
Mieke has been recorded in Social Security data since 1969, spanning 57 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Mieke?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Miesha, Mieko, Miette, Mieka, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Mieke's data

  • Mieke's decade-level peak was the 1970s (103 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.

Keep exploring Mieke

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mieke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1969–2025 (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 Mieke 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.