Mikey

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Mikey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 420.00% of boys
Peak year: 201247 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1922: 1,522people given the name

Babies named Mikey, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,522 boys have been named Mikey in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 47 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2010s alone account for 24%.

By decade

Decade	boys named Mikey
1920s	7
1930s	33
1940s	24
1950s	112
1960s	51
1970s	120
1980s	121
1990s	238
2000s	271
2010s	363
2020s	182

In 2012, its biggest year

Mikey was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.

Names that rose and fell with Mikey

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.