Masculine dossier · first seen 1943

Mikal

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mikal
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1993

Peak rank proxy

158

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1943Peak 19932024

Peak year

1993

Decline from peak

86.1%

2024

All-time

3,303

Mikal has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1993, when 158 boys were named Mikal.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

Down 86.1% from its peak.

All told, about 3,303 Americans have been named Mikal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1943.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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