Mikelyn — girls' name
39 babies named Mikelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
39 girls have been named Mikelyn since 1951, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1995.
- 39
- total births
- 1951–1995
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Mikelyn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Mikelyn in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Mikelyn between 1951 and 1995, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikelyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mikelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikelyn 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 39 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.
Mikelyn at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1951
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
39 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 6 births in a single year.
Mikelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 44% of Mikelyn's all-time total
Mikelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mikelyn's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1951–1995 (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.