# Mikel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mikel/  
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 |
| Origin | Basque |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,554 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,559 / 995 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 352, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Mikel.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23 | 5,096 |
| 2001 | 21 | 5,499 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,652 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,466 |
| 2004 | 17 | 6,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | 9,264 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12,093 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,338 |
| 2008 | 16 | 7,993 |
| 2009 | 9 | 12,134 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,481 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,337 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,919 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,269 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,131 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 159 | 1,139 |
| 2012 | 157 | 1,165 |
| 2013 | 155 | 1,165 |
| 2014 | 165 | 1,149 |
| 2015 | 149 | 1,229 |
| 2016 | 146 | 1,259 |
| 2017 | 138 | 1,311 |
| 2018 | 154 | 1,217 |
| 2019 | 121 | 1,447 |
| 2020 | 120 | 1,447 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,571 |
| 2022 | 116 | 1,547 |
| 2023 | 107 | 1,629 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,789 |
| 2025 | 81 | 1,930 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Mikel

- Mikel Laboa, Basque singer-songwriter from Donostia (1934-2008)
- Mikel Koliqi, Catholic cardinal (1902-1997)
- Mikel Brown Jr., American basketball player (born 2006)
- Mikel Gogorza, Danish association footballer (born 2006)
- Kel Marubi, Albanian photographer (1870–1940)

## 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.