Mike Boy
How popular is Mike?
#1,231 boy name in 2025
163 baby boys were named Mike in the US in 2025, making it the 1231st most popular boy name.
Mike popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,231 for boys (▼ 222 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 163 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,032 in 2015, #1,153 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (12,045 boys) |
| Highest rank | #36 in 1960 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mike counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mike family of names ranked #1,004 for boys in 2025 (#846 the year before), with 196 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mike | 163 | 83% |
| Mick | 22 | 11% |
| Myke | 11 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mike is most popular
Babies named Mike per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (176 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (103 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (131 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (99 boys)
Mike by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 779 | #142 |
| 1890s | 828 | #160 |
| 1900s | 1,281 | #145 |
| 1910s | 7,942 | #125 |
| 1920s | 9,076 | #141 |
| 1930s | 8,028 | #129 |
| 1940s | 34,645 | #64 |
| 1950s | 48,345 | #37 |
| 1960s | 71,456 | #36 |
| 1970s | 10,304 | #136 |
| 1980s | 3,509 | #401 |
| 1990s | 3,287 | #504 |
| 2000s | 3,120 | #597 |
| 2010s | 2,130 | #861 |
| 2020s | 1,131 | #1,009 |
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Questions
- Is Mike a boy or girl name?
- Mike is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mike were boys.
- How popular is the name Mike?
- 163 baby boys were named Mike in the US in 2025, making it the 1231st most popular boy name.
- When was Mike most popular?
- Mike peaked in 1960, when 12,045 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #36, held for 2 years starting in 1960.
- How many people are named Mike?
- 206,523 babies have been named Mike in the US since 1880. We estimate about 134,246 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Mike most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mike was most common in Florida, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.