Recorded 1898–2025 · United States
Mickey was most popular in 1957, when 1,091 American babies were given the name — ranking #492 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,910, with 86 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 34,173 people named Mickey.
Mickey first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1898, which makes it about 127 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 124 of the 128 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 34,173 American births named Mickey between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 23,249 are estimated to be alive today.
86 American babies were named Mickey in 2025, ranking #3,910 that year.
Mickey is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 105 births a year, against 95 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +11% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Mickey is mostly a boy’s name — 19.2% of the 34,173 Americans given it were girls and 80.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1929 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 23,249 Americans named Mickey are alive today — 68% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 63 years old, and half are between 47 and 72.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org