# Mikkel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mikkel/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 906 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 882 / 24 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 56, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,648 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,272 |
| 1994 | 7 | 11,351 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,806 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,309 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,971 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,915 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,188 |
| 2015 | 19 | 5,002 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,960 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,549 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,690 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,282 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,514 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,720 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,158 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,838 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,700 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,530 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## People named Mikkel

- Mikkel Hansen, Danish handball player
- Mikkel Damsgaard, Danish association football player
- Mikkel Beckmann, Danish footballer
- Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
- Mikkel Duelund, Danish association football player
- Mikkel Bjerg, Danish cyclist, born 1998
- Mikkel Bødker, Danish ice hockey player
- Mikkel Frølich Honoré, Danish cyclist, born 1997
- Mikkel Beck, Danish footballer
- Mikkel Thygesen, Danish footballer
- Mikkel Kaufmann, Danish footballer
- Mikkel Aagaard, Danish ice hockey player

## 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.