Mikle — boys' name
111 babies named Mikle in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
111 boys have been named Mikle since 1950, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1999.
- 111
- total births
- 1950–1999
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Mikle was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mikle in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikle
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Mikle between 1950 and 1999, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikle performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mikle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikle 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 111 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.
Mikle at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1950
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
111 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 9 births in a single year.
Mikle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 45 births that decade — 41% of Mikle's all-time total
Mikle decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Mikle's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1950–1999 (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.