# Mickey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mickey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “mickey mouse cartoon”, “type of bombsight assisted by radar”, “synonym of mick” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Micky, Miki |
| US babies named this | 34,173 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,627 / 6,546 (19% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 389, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun senses 1 (“Mickey Mouse cartoon”) and 3.2 (“type of bombsight assisted by radar”) are short forms of Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 2 (“synonym of Mick”) refers to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and that many Irish people are Roman Catholic. Noun sense 3.1 is a short form of Mickey Finn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 18,937 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,183 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,768 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,908 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,940 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,870 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,628 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,171 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,456 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,457 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,077 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,628 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,347 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,841 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,189 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 1,765 |
| 2012 | 73 | 1,956 |
| 2013 | 78 | 1,842 |
| 2014 | 99 | 1,593 |
| 2015 | 102 | 1,584 |
| 2016 | 89 | 1,748 |
| 2017 | 95 | 1,679 |
| 2018 | 80 | 1,883 |
| 2019 | 120 | 1,458 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,551 |
| 2021 | 90 | 1,779 |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,639 |
| 2023 | 87 | 1,842 |
| 2024 | 103 | 1,647 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,048 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## In other languages

- German: Mickey, Micky, Micki

## People named Mickey

- Mickey Rooney, American actor (1920–2014)
- Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (1918–2006)
- Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (1931–1995)
- Mickey Kuhn, American actor (1932–2022)
- Mickey Cohen, American criminal (1913–1976)
- Mickey Kantor, American businessman
- Mickey Gilley, American country music singer and musician
- Mickey Guyton, American country singer
- Mickey Roker, American jazz drummer (1932–2017)
- Mickey Jones, American rock drummer and film actor (1941–2018)
- Mickey Daniels, American actor (1914–1970)
- Mickey Sumner, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.