girls:
258 births since 1984
#5458 (4th percentile)
boys:
779 births since 1987
#3808 (17th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1984
#6702 (13th percentile)
The name Mykell is the #6,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,037 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,808 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 779 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,458 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 258 births since 1984.
Mykell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Mykell is available in 38 out of the 40 years between 1984 and 2023 (37 years for boys and 26 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 Mykell has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Mykell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for girls (64.7% girls from 1984 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.8% boys from 1988 to 2023).
For boys, Mykell reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #811) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 19 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mykell ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 50.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mykell reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #873) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mykell".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Mykell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.2% confident that Mykell is pronounced as MAI-kehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mai-KEHL, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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