Masculine dossier · first seen 1972

Mykal

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1972Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

91.5%

2024

All-time

1,164

Mykal 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 2001, when 59 boys were named Mykal.

In 2024, only 5 boys were given the name.

Down 91.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,164 Americans have been named Mykal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1972.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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