Mike — #1009 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mike

The Social Security Administration has registered 205,707 babies named Mike between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mike currently holds the #1009 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 12,041 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mike performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 71,459 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mike shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30,668 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mike in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mike 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 205,707 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.