Mike Name Popularity

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How popular is Mike?

In 2018 the uncommon name Mike, ranked the 1,125th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Mike is currently less popular.

Position 36, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1960 and as recently as 1961.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1960 with 12,045 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Mike was 44 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Mike occurred roughly during the years 1895-1900, 1905-1918, 1937-1947, and 1955-1959, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1918-1922, 1947-1951, 1961-1978, and 1979-1982.

The popularity trend for Mike has been moving downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Mike for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mike?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Mike is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Mike is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Mike (Girl)		Mike (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	171	1,125
2017		< 5	--	218	953
2016		< 5	--	190	1,043
2015		< 5	--	196	1,034
2014		< 5	--	215	977
2013		< 5	--	236	883
2012		< 5	--	245	860
2011		< 5	--	239	876
2010		< 5	--	241	872
2009		< 5	--	260	833
2008		< 5	--	292	761
2007		< 5	--	292	754
2006		< 5	--	329	686
2005		< 5	--	300	690
2004		< 5	--	338	624
2003		< 5	--	321	641
2002		< 5	--	342	596
2001		< 5	--	315	614
2000		< 5	--	329	601
1999		< 5	--	284	632
1998		< 5	--	290	627
1997		< 5	--	334	564
1996		< 5	--	362	533
1995		< 5	--	332	563
1994		5	14,934	288	616
1993		< 5	--	288	613
1992		< 5	--	351	544
1991		< 5	--	376	513
1990		< 5	--	379	506
1989		< 5	--	401	476
1988		6	11,270	381	468
1987		7	9,447	309	511
1986		< 5	--	322	487
1985		< 5	--	351	459
1984		< 5	--	291	494
1983		8	7,783	309	482
1982		< 5	--	322	471
1981		5	11,497	409	403
1980		< 5	--	408	402
1979		6	9,743	438	386
1978		< 5	--	440	367
1977		5	10,659	521	344
1976		7	7,824	591	302
1975		9	6,276	683	280
1974		8	6,637	815	245
1973		7	7,149	1,039	208
1972		11	4,988	1,391	178
1971		10	5,374	1,924	153
1970		24	2,905	2,468	137
1969		27	2,561	2,872	112
1968		17	3,267	3,217	93
1967		10	4,515	3,757	84
1966		13	3,681	4,525	69
1965		22	2,659	6,038	51
1964		21	2,799	7,770	47
1963		20	2,836	9,047	44
1962		16	3,253	10,526	39
1961		25	2,451	11,664	36
1960		24	2,486	12,045	36
1959		26	2,275	11,996	37
1958		23	2,430	10,776	40
1957		12	3,614	7,242	53
1956		12	3,627	3,908	96
1955		10	3,976	2,726	123
1954		12	3,441	2,501	130
1953		10	3,884	2,279	136
1952		7	4,791	2,105	136
1951		10	3,645	2,199	128
1950		8	4,211	2,614	113
1949		9	3,805	3,740	88
1948		13	2,923	5,047	68
1947		20	2,262	5,749	65
1946		21	2,070	4,854	64
1945		17	2,128	3,592	69
1944		16	2,258	3,084	80
1943		6	4,540	2,802	90
1942		11	2,936	2,293	106
1941		8	3,462	1,933	111
1940		8	3,421	1,549	122
1939		5	4,731	1,349	129
1938		5	4,784	1,054	154
1937		< 5	--	872	168
1936		< 5	--	774	174
1935		5	4,690	728	183
1934		< 5	--	650	193
1933		5	4,666	574	203
1932		< 5	--	624	207
1931		5	4,774	693	190
1930		9	3,248	711	197
1929		12	2,690	697	194
1928		5	5,203	758	188
1927		< 5	--	802	180
1926		8	3,791	857	170
1925		6	4,785	908	164
1924		10	3,299	963	164
1923		< 5	--	1,006	155
1922		< 5	--	931	163
1921		< 5	--	1,080	145
1920		< 5	--	1,074	141
1919		5	5,334	1,122	132
1918		5	5,346	1,287	127
1917		< 5	--	1,181	126
1916		5	4,929	1,114	125
1915		< 5	--	1,029	129
1914		< 5	--	794	129
1913		< 5	--	520	145
1912		< 5	--	430	145
1911		< 5	--	243	138
1910		< 5	--	222	143
1909		< 5	--	167	152
1908		< 5	--	139	167
1907		< 5	--	157	147
1906		< 5	--	141	146
1905		< 5	--	117	167
1904		< 5	--	118	161
1903		< 5	--	113	157
1902		< 5	--	99	173
1901		< 5	--	98	158
1900		< 5	--	132	159
1899		< 5	--	83	176
1898		< 5	--	106	160
1897		< 5	--	92	168
1896		< 5	--	85	193
1895		< 5	--	85	186
1894		< 5	--	87	173
1893		< 5	--	67	207
1892		< 5	--	76	199
1891		< 5	--	64	196
1890		< 5	--	83	170
1889		< 5	--	72	186
1888		< 5	--	81	185
1887		< 5	--	73	175
1886		< 5	--	84	166
1885		< 5	--	84	159
1884		< 5	--	84	166
1883		< 5	--	73	170
1882		< 5	--	89	156
1881		< 5	--	44	231
1880		< 5	--	95	143

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.