Boys' name · since 2023
Miqdad
Since 2023, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Miqdad, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,156 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,793 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Miqdad is the #6793 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 29 recorded since 2023.
Miqdad has 29 recorded births among boys since 2023, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6793 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.
- #26,156 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,793 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2023
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miqdad ranks #26,156 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,793 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,156 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,793 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2023
- 2020s
- peak decade
Miqdad'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.
How Miqdad compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Miqdad's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Miqdad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Miqdad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Miqdad's full recorded timeline at 2024, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Miqdad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Miqdad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (29 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Miqdad's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Miqdad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 29 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Miqdad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2023–2025 (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 Miqdad 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.