# Mikey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mikey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,590 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,572 / 18 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,813, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Mike + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 5 | 5,032 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,815 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,593 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,089 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,618 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,037 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,350 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,488 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,858 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,932 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,348 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,317 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,318 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,396 |
| 2022 | 42 | 2,983 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,771 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,986 |
| 2025 | 50 | 2,631 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 104 | 381 |
| 2012 | 80 | 478 |
| 2013 | 101 | 402 |
| 2014 | 86 | 457 |
| 2015 | 90 | 450 |
| 2016 | 63 | 580 |
| 2017 | 72 | 537 |
| 2018 | 63 | 584 |
| 2019 | 55 | 642 |
| 2020 | 42 | 755 |
| 2021 | 45 | 751 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 36 | 880 |
| 2025 | 34 | 914 |

## People named Mikey

- Mikey Day, American actor and comedian (born 1980)
- Mikey Moore, English association football player
- Mikey Nicholls, Australian professional wrestler
- Mikey Lopez, American professional soccer player
- Mikey Anderson, American ice hockey player
- Mikey D, American rapper

## 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.