Mickel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEE-kel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Mickel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mickel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mikel; Basque and Albanian form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Basque and Albanian form of Michael.
Meaning borrowed from Mikel. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mickel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mickel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mickel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5 boys.
Mickel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Mickel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Mickel, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Mickel in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were given Mickel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,371, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
In 1992, 15% of the babies named Mickel in the US were girls.
Mickel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 38 | #1,280 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1959 | 52 | #1,067 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,014 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,406 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Names like Mickel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael Daniel Matthew Toby Joey Joel Adam Jamie David Abel Patrick Nathan
Other spellings of Mickel
Names related to Mickel
Mikaeel Mikael Micheal Mikhael Michele Mikayel Michel Maikel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mickel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mickel, updated 20 October 2026.