boys:
256 births since 2008
#4330 (6th percentile)
overall:
256 births since 2008
#7483 (3rd percentile)
The name Maykel is the #7,483 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 256 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,330 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 256 births since 2008.
Maykel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (first recorded for boys in 2008). Birth data for Maykel is available in 14 out of the 16 years between 2008 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Maykel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #838) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Maykel ranks #864 for boys (5.2% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 58.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maykel".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maykel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Maykel is pronounced as MAY-kuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAI-kuhl, at 43.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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