Mikele — boys' name
66 babies named Mikele in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 boys have been named Mikele since 1970, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 66
- total births
- 1970–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 27%
- born in that decade
27% of everyone ever named Mikele was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Mikele in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikele
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Mikele between 1970 and 2022, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikele currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Mikele is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 65 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikele performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mikele shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikele 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 66 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.
Mikele at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikele popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1970
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
66 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 7 births in a single year.
Mikele popularity over time — girls
65 total births recorded since 1971 (Mikele as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Mikele accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mikele by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18 births that decade — 27% of Mikele's all-time total
Mikele decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mikele's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% 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, 1970–2022 (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.