Mykeal — boys' name
123 babies named Mykeal in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Mykeal was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Mykeal in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mykeal
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Mykeal between 1989 and 2015, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mykeal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Mykeal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykeal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mykeal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mykeal 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 123 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.
Mykeal at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mykeal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1989
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
123 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 10 births in a single year.
Mykeal popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 1994 (Mykeal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Mykeal accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mykeal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 74 births that decade — 60% of Mykeal's all-time total
Mykeal decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mykeal's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 1989–2015 (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.