girls:
534 births since 1934
#5182 (9th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1941
#3148 (31st percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1934
#5740 (26th percentile)
The name Mikell is the #5,740 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,039 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 25.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,148 (31.3% percentile) for all time with 1,505 births since 1941. For girls, it ranks #5,182 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 534 births since 1934.
Mikell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for girls and 1941 for boys). Birth data for Mikell is available in 88 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (80 years for boys and 57 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 Mikell has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Mikell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1948, the name was more popular for girls (80.2% girls from 1934 to 1947), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.5% boys from 1948 to 2023).
For boys, Mikell reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #845) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 20 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mikell ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 48.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mikell reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #556) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikell".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Mikell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.1% confident that Mikell is pronounced as mih-KEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-kuhl, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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