Meaning not yet researched.
Mickey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 73 in 2025. Its best rank was #248 in 1957.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #248 in 1957; #2,048 in 2025. About 85% of babies named Mickey in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,048 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, at #248.
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Mickey: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 73 boys in 2025. Peak: #248 in 1957 · most boys in one year: 950 (1957).
In 2025, 73 US boys were named Mickey, making it the 2,048th most common boys’ name of the year, down 401 places from #1,647 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 103 boys named Mickey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #248, reached in 1957. That year also had the most boys given the name: 950. For comparison, it was #1,584 in 2015 and #303 in 1950.
In 2025, 13 US girls were named Mickey, making it the 8,189th most common girls’ name of the year, down 348 places from #7,841 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 14 girls named Mickey in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #545, reached in 1948. That year also had the most girls given the name: 231. For comparison, it was #9,940 in 2015 and #575 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mickey in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1898 with 7 babies. In all, 34,173 US babies have been given the name, 19% of them girls and 81% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 8,218 babies named Mickey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 950 US boys were named Mickey; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 120. In 2025 that was about 1 in 23,398 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mickey ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #1,683 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mickie (4,185 babies since 1880), Micky (3,146 babies since 1880) and Micki (2,687 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mikey, Mikeya and Mikea are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mikey (1,590), Mikeya (300), Mikea (224), Mickia (13), Mikee (5), Mikei (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mickey in the open dataset we use.
Mickey is listed as a nickname for Michael, Michele, Michelle.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 6 | #1,683 | #1,755 |
| California | 9 | #1,772 | #1,424 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,470 | #1,426 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #8,189 | 73 | #2,048 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,841 | 103 | #1,647 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,347 | 87 | #1,842 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,628 | 106 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #10,077 | 90 | #1,779 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,457 | 107 | #1,551 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,456 | 120 | #1,458 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,171 | 80 | #1,883 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,628 | 95 | #1,679 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,870 | 89 | #1,748 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,940 | 102 | #1,584 |
| 2014 | 6 | #15,908 | 99 | #1,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,768 | 78 | #1,842 |
| 2012 | — | — | 73 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,183 | 83 | #1,765 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,937 | 66 | #2,062 |
| 2009 | 5 | #19,252 | 85 | #1,784 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,331 | 85 | #1,771 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,594 | 75 | #1,907 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,613 | 65 | #2,053 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,628 | 78 | #1,719 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,437 | 83 | #1,589 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,885 | 75 | #1,664 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,167 | 86 | #1,482 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,724 | 81 | #1,510 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,701 | 98 | #1,321 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,260 | 97 | #1,274 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,868 | 96 | #1,269 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,950 | 136 | #971 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,435 | 161 | #864 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,866 | 116 | #1,037 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,786 | 124 | #1,000 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,853 | 120 | #996 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,535 | 160 | #835 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,148 | 146 | #873 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,455 | 152 | #832 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,285 | 181 | #734 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,993 | 145 | #788 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,154 | 153 | #738 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,363 | 154 | #729 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,565 | 171 | #681 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,581 | 190 | #621 |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,058 | 207 | #593 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,468 | 178 | #651 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,462 | 210 | #591 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,089 | 214 | #593 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,969 | 249 | #540 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,720 | 243 | #530 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,754 | 323 | #445 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,242 | 317 | #440 |
| 1975 | 35 | #2,343 | 323 | #440 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,841 | 334 | #431 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,111 | 319 | #438 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,819 | 327 | #438 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,322 | 343 | #442 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,187 | 394 | #411 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,971 | 384 | #405 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,152 | 472 | #356 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,452 | 523 | #328 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,597 | 434 | #360 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,650 | 479 | #348 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,456 | 507 | #350 |
| 1963 | 88 | #1,166 | 500 | #348 |
| 1962 | 100 | #1,087 | 585 | #324 |
| 1961 | 106 | #1,066 | 636 | #310 |
| 1960 | 124 | #962 | 640 | #309 |
| 1959 | 122 | #957 | 712 | #294 |
| 1958 | 106 | #1,010 | 789 | #272 |
| 1957 | 141 | #857 | 950 | #248 |
| 1956 | 149 | #815 | 821 | #250 |
| 1955 | 136 | #833 | 630 | #286 |
| 1954 | 168 | #713 | 583 | #296 |
| 1953 | 168 | #707 | 621 | #282 |
| 1952 | 173 | #675 | 501 | #317 |
| 1951 | 185 | #638 | 551 | #295 |
| 1950 | 211 | #575 | 501 | #303 |
| 1949 | 220 | #564 | 549 | #290 |
| 1948 | 231 | #545 | 551 | #288 |
| 1947 | 137 | #732 | 555 | #292 |
| 1946 | 116 | #763 | 488 | #293 |
| 1945 | 116 | #695 | 397 | #301 |
| 1944 | 117 | #691 | 390 | #307 |
| 1943 | 121 | #694 | 395 | #312 |
| 1942 | 140 | #637 | 434 | #291 |
| 1941 | 94 | #733 | 354 | #307 |
| 1940 | 100 | #699 | 364 | #293 |
| 1939 | 71 | #822 | 245 | #361 |
| 1938 | 89 | #728 | 220 | #380 |
| 1937 | 67 | #849 | 172 | #433 |
| 1936 | 68 | #817 | 173 | #426 |
| 1935 | 84 | #739 | 178 | #415 |
| 1934 | 81 | #743 | 167 | #436 |
| 1933 | 83 | #719 | 147 | #455 |
| 1932 | 99 | #681 | 169 | #430 |
| 1931 | 68 | #834 | 138 | #489 |
| 1930 | 93 | #729 | 124 | #536 |
| 1929 | 90 | #740 | 105 | #590 |
| 1928 | 94 | #733 | 93 | #650 |
| 1927 | 84 | #796 | 91 | #674 |
| 1926 | 89 | #768 | 64 | #827 |
| 1925 | 90 | #783 | 69 | #798 |
| 1924 | 98 | #754 | 67 | #831 |
| 1923 | 72 | #869 | 63 | #857 |
| 1922 | 71 | #870 | 60 | #901 |
| 1921 | 79 | #833 | 52 | #979 |
| 1920 | 67 | #889 | 56 | #928 |
| 1919 | 47 | #1,073 | 47 | #996 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,273 | 52 | #930 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,361 | 35 | #1,146 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,160 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,332 | 41 | #991 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,329 | 29 | #1,069 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,579 | 20 | #1,166 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,335 | 12 | #1,498 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,156 | 8 | #1,349 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,400 | 17 | #747 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,902 | 12 | #880 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,792 | — | — |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,595 | 7 | #1,165 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,136 | 6 | #1,203 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,185 | — | — |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #992 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,863 | — | — |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #959 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).