girls:
995 births since 1936
#4721 (17th percentile)
boys:
11.4k births since 1882
#1082 (76th percentile)
overall:
12.4k births since 1882
#2367 (69th percentile)
The name Mikel is the #2,367 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,378 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 69.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,082 (76.4% percentile) for all time with 11,383 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #4,721 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 995 births since 1936.
Mikel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1936 for girls). Birth data for Mikel is available in 103 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 68 years for girls). 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.
The name Mikel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Mikel reached its peak popularity in 1953, achieving the 28.6% percentile (ranked #433) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 95 births per million (ranked 23.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Mikel ranks #809 for boys (11.2% percentile) with 58 births per million, which is 61.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mikel reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #754) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikel".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mikel", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 72 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Michael" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Michael..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mikel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Mikel is pronounced as MAI-kuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-kuhl, at 36.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AY1 K AH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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