Mike
Boy · MYK · Hebrew
Mike is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,231st for boys in the US (163 babies).
What does Mike mean?
Hebrew: short form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Short form of Michael, used as a name in its own right.
- Say it
- MYK
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Is Mike a girl's or a boy's name?
Mike is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 163 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mike in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Mike, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mike in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Mike in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Mike in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,231among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 163about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 163 boys in the US were named Mike, making it the 1,231st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,153rd. Its busiest year was 1960, with 12,045 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mike in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 174 boys in the US were given Mike or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,073, up from #1,231 for this spelling alone.
- Mike 163
- Myke 11
Mike in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 163 | #1,231 |
| 2024 | 222 | #1,009 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,053 |
| 2022 | 211 | #1,044 |
| 2021 | 161 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 168 | #1,153 |
| 2019 | 176 | #1,116 |
| 2018 | 171 | #1,128 |
| 2017 | 219 | #951 |
| 2016 | 190 | #1,043 |
| 2015 | 196 | #1,032 |
| 2014 | 216 | #970 |
| 2013 | 236 | #882 |
| 2012 | 245 | #861 |
| 2011 | 239 | #875 |
| 2010 | 242 | #870 |
| 2009 | 260 | #833 |
| 2008 | 293 | #759 |
| 2007 | 292 | #754 |
| 2006 | 329 | #686 |
| 2005 | 300 | #689 |
| 2004 | 338 | #624 |
| 2003 | 322 | #639 |
| 2002 | 342 | #597 |
| 2001 | 315 | #612 |
| 2000 | 329 | #599 |
| 1999 | 284 | #630 |
| 1998 | 290 | #627 |
| 1997 | 335 | #563 |
| 1996 | 362 | #534 |
| 1995 | 332 | #561 |
| 1994 | 289 | #615 |
| 1993 | 289 | #612 |
| 1992 | 351 | #544 |
| 1991 | 375 | #514 |
| 1990 | 380 | #504 |
| 1989 | 402 | #473 |
| 1988 | 381 | #467 |
| 1987 | 310 | #508 |
| 1986 | 322 | #487 |
| 1985 | 351 | #459 |
| 1984 | 292 | #492 |
| 1983 | 311 | #478 |
| 1982 | 325 | #469 |
| 1981 | 408 | #404 |
| 1980 | 407 | #401 |
| 1979 | 438 | #386 |
| 1978 | 438 | #367 |
| 1977 | 521 | #344 |
| 1976 | 591 | #302 |
| 1975 | 681 | #280 |
| 1974 | 814 | #245 |
| 1973 | 1,040 | #208 |
| 1972 | 1,392 | #178 |
| 1971 | 1,923 | #153 |
| 1970 | 2,466 | #136 |
| 1969 | 2,870 | #112 |
| 1968 | 3,214 | #93 |
| 1967 | 3,757 | #84 |
| 1966 | 4,526 | #69 |
| 1965 | 6,035 | #51 |
| 1964 | 7,767 | #47 |
| 1963 | 9,045 | #44 |
| 1962 | 10,530 | #39 |
| 1961 | 11,667 | #36 |
| 1960 | 12,045 | #36 |
| 1959 | 11,995 | #37 |
| 1958 | 10,779 | #40 |
| 1957 | 7,247 | #53 |
| 1956 | 3,900 | #97 |
| 1955 | 2,732 | #123 |
| 1954 | 2,502 | #130 |
| 1953 | 2,277 | #136 |
| 1952 | 2,101 | #136 |
| 1951 | 2,198 | #128 |
| 1950 | 2,614 | #113 |
| 1949 | 3,742 | #88 |
| 1948 | 5,045 | #68 |
| 1947 | 5,750 | #65 |
| 1946 | 4,854 | #64 |
| 1945 | 3,592 | #69 |
| 1944 | 3,084 | #80 |
| 1943 | 2,803 | #90 |
| 1942 | 2,293 | #106 |
| 1941 | 1,933 | #111 |
| 1940 | 1,549 | #122 |
| 1939 | 1,348 | #129 |
| 1938 | 1,055 | #154 |
| 1937 | 871 | #168 |
| 1936 | 774 | #174 |
| 1935 | 728 | #184 |
| 1934 | 650 | #193 |
| 1933 | 574 | #203 |
| 1932 | 624 | #206 |
| 1931 | 693 | #190 |
| 1930 | 711 | #196 |
| 1929 | 696 | #195 |
| 1928 | 761 | #187 |
| 1927 | 800 | #180 |
| 1926 | 857 | #170 |
| 1925 | 908 | #164 |
| 1924 | 963 | #164 |
| 1923 | 1,006 | #155 |
| 1922 | 931 | #163 |
| 1921 | 1,080 | #145 |
| 1920 | 1,074 | #141 |
| 1919 | 1,122 | #132 |
| 1918 | 1,287 | #127 |
| 1917 | 1,181 | #126 |
| 1916 | 1,114 | #125 |
| 1915 | 1,029 | #129 |
| 1914 | 794 | #128 |
| 1913 | 520 | #145 |
| 1912 | 430 | #144 |
| 1911 | 243 | #135 |
| 1910 | 222 | #143 |
| 1909 | 167 | #151 |
| 1908 | 139 | #167 |
| 1907 | 157 | #147 |
| 1906 | 141 | #145 |
| 1905 | 117 | #167 |
| 1904 | 118 | #160 |
| 1903 | 113 | #157 |
| 1902 | 99 | #172 |
| 1901 | 98 | #157 |
| 1900 | 132 | #158 |
| 1899 | 83 | #174 |
| 1898 | 106 | #160 |
| 1897 | 92 | #167 |
| 1896 | 85 | #192 |
| 1895 | 85 | #185 |
| 1894 | 87 | #173 |
| 1893 | 67 | #207 |
| 1892 | 76 | #199 |
| 1891 | 64 | #194 |
| 1890 | 83 | #169 |
| 1889 | 72 | #186 |
| 1888 | 81 | #185 |
| 1887 | 73 | #174 |
| 1886 | 84 | #166 |
| 1885 | 84 | #159 |
| 1884 | 84 | #166 |
| 1883 | 73 | #168 |
| 1882 | 89 | #155 |
| 1881 | 44 | #229 |
| 1880 | 95 | #142 |
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