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Mikal

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~3,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,583 among boys
Births in 2025
31 3,925 since 1880
Typical age
30 years, median

Mikal popularity over time

Mikal rank by birth year, 1943–2025Mikal ranked #3,231 in 1943 and #3,583 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #840, in 1993.#1,000#3,583best #840 in 19931960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1943–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Mikal was used most in 1993, when 180 babies were given the name. 1943 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. The 2025 position is #3,583, on 31 births.

It climbed 988 places against the previous year.

Babies named Mikal per yearPeaks at 180 births in 1993.180 in 199301960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Mikal?

Roughly 3,700 Mikals are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 3,925 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 570 women and 3,200 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Mikal?

The typical living Mikal is 30 years old. The 1990s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Mikal a millennial-era name.

Your Mikal

Ages of living people named MikalHalf of living Mikals are older than 30 and half younger.median 30020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Is Mikal a boy's or a girl's name?

15% girls85% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to boys: 9.7% of the last ten years of births were girls. Across the whole record, 15.1% of births under the name were girls.

Notable people named Mikal

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Mikal Bridges American basketball player 1996 25
Mikal Kirkholt Norwegian cross-country skier 1920–2012 14
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