Mike
Mike was given to 163 boys in 2025, #1,234 among boys’ names; 206,523 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 129,000 Americans named Mike and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 60 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mike by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mike mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mike is “a diminutive of the male given name Michael.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Michaela.”
Shortened from Michael.
[mɐɪʔk]
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mike?
#1,234 among boys’ names, 2025
Mike fell from #1,034 in 2015 to #1,234 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born held at 0.10 per 1,000.
12,069 babies in 1960, the peak
Mike peaked in 1960, when 12,069 babies were given it (12,045 boys, #36 among boys’ names). The 163 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 163 | #1,234 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 222 | #1,010 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,059 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 211 | #1,047 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 161 | #1,204 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 168 | #1,156 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 176 | #1,116 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,132 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 219 | #952 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 190 | #1,043 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 196 | #1,034 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 216 | #972 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 236 | #884 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 245 | #861 | 0.13 |
| 2011 | 239 | #876 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 242 | #871 | 0.13 |
| 2009 | 260 | #834 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 293 | #760 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 292 | #754 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 329 | #686 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 300 | #690 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 338 | #625 | 0.17 |
| 2003 | 322 | #640 | 0.16 |
| 2002 | 342 | #597 | 0.18 |
| 2001 | 315 | #614 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 329 | #601 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 284 | #631 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 290 | #627 | 0.15 |
| 1997 | 335 | #564 | 0.18 |
| 1996 | 362 | #534 | 0.19 |
| 1995 | 332 | #562 | 0.17 |
| 1994 | 289 | #615 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 289 | #612 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 351 | #544 | 0.18 |
| 1991 | 375 | #514 | 0.19 |
| 1990 | 380 | #505 | 0.19 |
| 1989 | 402 | #475 | 0.20 |
| 1988 | 381 | #468 | 0.20 |
| 1987 | 310 | #510 | 0.17 |
| 1986 | 322 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 351 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1984 | 292 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1983 | 311 | #479 | 0.17 |
| 1982 | 325 | #470 | 0.18 |
| 1981 | 408 | #404 | 0.23 |
| 1980 | 407 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1979 | 438 | #386 | 0.25 |
| 1978 | 438 | #367 | 0.27 |
| 1977 | 521 | #345 | 0.32 |
| 1976 | 591 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1975 | 681 | #280 | 0.44 |
| 1974 | 814 | #245 | 0.52 |
| 1973 | 1,040 | #208 | 0.67 |
| 1972 | 1,392 | #178 | 0.86 |
| 1971 | 1,923 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1970 | 2,466 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 2,870 | #112 | 1.6 |
| 1968 | 3,214 | #93 | 1.8 |
| 1967 | 3,757 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1966 | 4,526 | #69 | 2.5 |
| 1965 | 6,035 | #51 | 3.2 |
| 1964 | 7,767 | #47 | 3.9 |
| 1963 | 9,045 | #44 | 4.5 |
| 1962 | 10,530 | #39 | 5.1 |
| 1961 | 11,667 | #36 | 5.5 |
| 1960 | 12,045 | #36 | 5.6 |
| 1959 | 11,995 | #37 | 5.6 |
| 1958 | 10,779 | #40 | 5.1 |
| 1957 | 7,247 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1956 | 3,900 | #97 | 1.8 |
| 1955 | 2,732 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1954 | 2,502 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1953 | 2,277 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1952 | 2,101 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1951 | 2,198 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1950 | 2,614 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1949 | 3,742 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1948 | 5,045 | #68 | 2.9 |
| 1947 | 5,750 | #65 | 3.1 |
| 1946 | 4,854 | #64 | 3.0 |
| 1945 | 3,592 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1944 | 3,084 | #80 | 2.3 |
| 1943 | 2,803 | #90 | 2.0 |
| 1942 | 2,293 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 1,933 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 1940 | 1,549 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1939 | 1,348 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1938 | 1,055 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1937 | 871 | #168 | 0.82 |
| 1936 | 774 | #174 | 0.75 |
| 1935 | 728 | #184 | 0.70 |
| 1934 | 650 | #193 | 0.63 |
| 1933 | 574 | #203 | 0.58 |
| 1932 | 624 | #207 | 0.60 |
| 1931 | 693 | #190 | 0.67 |
| 1930 | 711 | #197 | 0.65 |
| 1929 | 696 | #195 | 0.65 |
| 1928 | 761 | #187 | 0.69 |
| 1927 | 800 | #180 | 0.71 |
| 1926 | 857 | #170 | 0.77 |
| 1925 | 908 | #164 | 0.81 |
| 1924 | 963 | #164 | 0.85 |
| 1923 | 1,006 | #155 | 0.92 |
| 1922 | 931 | #163 | 0.86 |
| 1921 | 1,080 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,074 | #141 | 1.0 |
| 1919 | 1,122 | #132 | 1.1 |
| 1918 | 1,287 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,181 | #126 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,114 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1915 | 1,029 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1914 | 794 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1913 | 520 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1912 | 430 | #144 | 1.0 |
| 1911 | 243 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1910 | 222 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1909 | 167 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1908 | 139 | #167 | 0.90 |
| 1907 | 157 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1906 | 141 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1905 | 117 | #167 | 0.88 |
| 1904 | 118 | #161 | 0.92 |
| 1903 | 113 | #157 | 0.95 |
| 1902 | 99 | #173 | 0.81 |
| 1901 | 98 | #158 | 0.92 |
| 1900 | 132 | #159 | 0.88 |
| 1899 | 83 | #176 | 0.78 |
| 1898 | 106 | #160 | 0.86 |
| 1897 | 92 | #168 | 0.82 |
| 1896 | 85 | #193 | 0.71 |
| 1895 | 85 | #186 | 0.72 |
| 1894 | 87 | #173 | 0.75 |
| 1893 | 67 | #207 | 0.60 |
| 1892 | 76 | #199 | 0.62 |
| 1891 | 64 | #196 | 0.63 |
| 1890 | 83 | #170 | 0.75 |
| 1889 | 72 | #186 | 0.65 |
| 1888 | 81 | #185 | 0.67 |
| 1887 | 73 | #175 | 0.72 |
| 1886 | 84 | #166 | 0.76 |
| 1885 | 84 | #159 | 0.78 |
| 1884 | 84 | #166 | 0.73 |
| 1883 | 73 | #170 | 0.70 |
| 1882 | 89 | #156 | 0.78 |
| 1881 | 44 | #231 | 0.44 |
| 1880 | 95 | #143 | 0.86 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Mike a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mike has been given almost only to boys: 662 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mike: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mike, and how old are they?
129,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 206,523 Americans ever recorded as Mike. The median Mike alive today is 65 years old; half are between 60 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 228,046 people named Mike (597 women and girls, 227,449 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 143,452 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6,960 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 83,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,230 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,670 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,520 |
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 Mike born?
The states with the most babies named Mike are California, Texas and Ohio, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 30,706 | #1,224 | 1.9× |
| Texas | 16,778 | #1,241 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 12,644 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 11,677 | #1,424 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 9,248 | #1,216 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,512 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 7,360 | #706 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 6,650 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Washington | 6,512 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Missouri | 6,137 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Mike is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mike is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 Mike 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 253,747 babies since 1880, Mike is the most given (81% of them). In 2025 it was given to 163 of their 602 babies (27%), again the 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 Mike
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Steve | 242,131 |
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 Mike and names like it
- Compare Mike and MickeyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMike peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mike since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Mike.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mike alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.