Miklos — #12557 US boys' name
222 babies named Miklos in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Miklos was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Miklos in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Miklos
The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Miklos between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Miklos currently holds the #12557 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Miklos performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Miklos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Miklos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Miklos 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 222 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.
Miklos at a glance
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Current rank
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Miklos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1959
- Peak year (1961)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
Currently ranks #12557 among boys.
222 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 15 births in a single year.
Miklos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 87 births that decade — 39% of Miklos's all-time total
Miklos decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Miklos's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Miklos by state
Where Miklos concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 222 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1959–2024 (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.