Boys' name · since 2007
Mikayel
Mikayel has 136 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,796 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mikayel currently ranks #5796 among boys' names in America, with 136 babies recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Mikayel recorded 136 times among boys since 2007, holding rank #5796 nationally today, ahead of 58% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #15,427 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,796 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 136 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikayel ranks #15,427 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,796 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 136 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,796 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mikayel's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mikayel compares
136 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Mikayel's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mikayel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mikayel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikayel splits its recorded history at 2019: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2007 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikayel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Mikayel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Mikayel's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Mikayel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (56% of all-time use).
Mikayel by state
Where Mikayel concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 26.5% |
36 of 136 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Mikayels (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mikayel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Mikayel 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.