girls:
10 births since 1945
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1922
#3172 (31st percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1922
#6257 (19th percentile)
The name Mikey is the #6,257 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,488 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 19.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,172 (30.8% percentile) for all time with 1,478 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1945.
Mikey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Mikey is available in 80 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (79 years for boys and 2 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 Mikey has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 85.3% of babies named Mikey were boys.
For boys, Mikey reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #858) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mikey ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 68.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mikey reached its peak popularity in 1945, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #612) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Mikey ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 77.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikey".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mikey", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Mickey" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Mickey..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mikey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Mikey is pronounced as MAI-kee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-kee, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AY1 K IY0) 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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