Mikell
Recorded 1934–2025 · United States
Mikell was most popular in 2000, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,718 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,067 people named Mikell.
Mikell over time
How old is the name Mikell?
Mikell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1934, which makes it about 91 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 90 of the 92 years since.
How many people are named Mikell?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,067 American births named Mikell 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 1,860 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Mikell in 2025?
9 American babies were named Mikell in 2025, ranking #17,163 that year.
Is Mikell getting more or less popular?
Mikell is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -50% 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.
Is Mikell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Mikell is a unisex name — 25.8% of the 2,067 Americans given it were girls and 74.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1971 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
How old is someone named Mikell?
Roughly 1,860 Americans named Mikell are alive today — 90% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 31 years old, and half are between 19 and 49. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
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.
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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