Mikeal — #9060 US boys' name
2,381 babies named Mikeal in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Mikeal was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Mikeal in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikeal
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,381 babies named Mikeal between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikeal currently holds the #9060 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 60 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikeal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mikeal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikeal in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikeal 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 2,381 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.
Mikeal at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikeal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1921
- Peak year (1952)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #9060 among boys.
2,381 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 60 births in a single year.
Mikeal popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 1989 (Mikeal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mikeal accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mikeal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 422 births that decade — 18% of Mikeal's all-time total
Mikeal decade highlights
- Peak decade 422 births
- Runner-up 400 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Mikeal's strongest decade
422 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Mikeal by state
Where Mikeal concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 88 | 3.7% |
| #2 | California | | 54 | 2.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.2% |
88 of 2,381 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
- California 2.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.4% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1921–2024 (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.