Boys' name · since 1981
Mikos
Mikos has 29 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,155 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
29 boys have been named Mikos since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mikos has 29 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1985.
- #26,155 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikos ranks #26,155 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,155 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mikos's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mikos's full recorded timeline at 1983, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mikos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1985
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Mikos by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (29 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Mikos's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Mikos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 29 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mikos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1981–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Mikos 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 August 2026.