Girls' name · since 1951
Mikelyn
Since 1951, U.S. Social Security records show 39 babies named Mikelyn, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 39
- total births
- 1951–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Mikelyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 39 recorded since 1951.
Mikelyn has 39 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1995.
- 39 total births
- 1951–1995 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikelyn's 39 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikelyn splits its recorded history at 1977: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1995
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Mikelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mikelyn's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Mikelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (44% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1951–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikelyn: Baby Name Since 1951 - 39 Births, Peak 1960." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikelyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mikelyn 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 July 2026.