Mikal
Mikal was the 3630th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 843rd with 158 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 325 places. More babies were named Mikal in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,630 boys, up 70 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 31boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1993158 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,925babies recorded
Mikal popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #3,630 | — | 31 |
| 2020 | #11,794 | #3,700 | 8 | 29 |
| 2010 | #11,946 | #2,991 | 9 | 39 |
| 2000 | #7,886 | #1,458 | 13 | 85 |
| 1990 | #5,456 | #1,346 | 17 | 69 |
| 1980 | #5,439 | #1,267 | 13 | 54 |
| 1970 | #6,810 | #2,372 | 7 | 16 |
| 1960 | — | #3,013 | — | 9 |
| 1950 | — | #4,024 | — | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Mikal, counting every spelling?
Mikal is the most common spelling of a name family that had 46 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal | 31 | #3,630 | 126 |
| Mykal | 10 | #8,050 | 48 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mikal?
31 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mikal (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Mikal born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 270 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mikal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mikal?
About 3,100 people born in the US named Mikal are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 22 and 40. That makes Mikal mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mikal by state
How common Mikal was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mikal: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mikal, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mikal
How popular is the name Mikal?
Mikal was the 3630th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 843rd with 158 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 325 places. More babies were named Mikal in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Mikal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Mikal in the US.
Where is Mikal most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mikal was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 boys).