Boys' name · since 1950
Mikle
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.
- 111
- total births
- 1950–1999
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Mikle sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 111 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikle has been recorded 111 times among boys since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1999.
- 111 total births
- 1950–1999 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikle's 111 recorded births place it above 63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikle splits its recorded history at 1962: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1999
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Mikle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Mikle's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Mikle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 45 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Mikle's decade-level peak was the 1950s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1950–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikle: Baby Name Since 1950 - 111 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikle. 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 Mikle 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.