Mikkel — #6510 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mikkel

The Social Security Administration has registered 865 babies named Mikkel between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikkel currently holds the #6510 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikkel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Mikkel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mikkel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mikkel 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 865 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.