Mikale — boys' name
374 babies named Mikale in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
374 boys have been named Mikale since 1986, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 374
- total births
- 1986–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Mikale was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Mikale in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikale
The Social Security Administration has registered 374 babies named Mikale between 1986 and 2025, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Mikale is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 39 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikale performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mikale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikale 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 374 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.
Mikale at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikale popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1986
- Peak year (2002)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
374 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 26 births in a single year.
Mikale popularity over time — girls
39 total births recorded since 1989 (Mikale as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mikale accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mikale by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 165 births that decade — 44% of Mikale's all-time total
Mikale decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikale's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.