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Mikel

Gender
Boy
Say it
MEE-kel
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,342 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,919 for boys

Mikel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,919th for boys in the US (81 babies).

What does Mikel mean?

Hebrew: Basque and Albanian form of Michael

“who is like God?”

Basque and Albanian form of Michael.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Mikel a girl's or a boy's name?

Mikel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 81 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mikel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,342nd among boys
Babies in 2025
10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Mikel, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 24 boys.

Half of all the boys named Mikel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 24 in 20122025
Mikel in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#2,342
202417#1,585
20239#2,468
202218#1,501
202115#1,686
202014#1,733
201916#1,608
201817#1,555
201714#1,822
201615#1,723
201517#1,535
201421#1,308
201320#1,347
201224#1,199
201115#1,619
201016#1,585
200920#1,290
200821#1,249
200713#1,667
200614#1,487
20056#2,545
20048#1,983
20037#2,054
20023#3,325
20015#2,326
20003#3,146
19994#2,513
19981#3,884

How popular is Mikel in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,919th among boys
Babies in 2025
81 about 1 in 21,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 81 boys in the US were named Mikel, making it the 1,919th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 201 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mikel than any year since 1949.

Half of all the boys named Mikel in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 114 boys in the US were given Mikel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,371, up from #1,919 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 30% of the babies named Mikel in the US in 1942, and 5% in 2018.

1882Busiest: 201 in 20042025
Mikel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202581#1,919
202492#1,776
2023107#1,623
2022116#1,540
2021111#1,565
2020120#1,437
2019121#1,441
2018154#1,217
2017138#1,306
2016146#1,254
2015149#1,228
2014165#1,147
2013155#1,162
2012157#1,161
2011159#1,136
2010172#1,108
2009166#1,112
2008182#1,041
2007184#1,025
2006188#985
2005181#963
2004201#870
2003166#968
2002169#947
2001180#877
2000188#848
1999187#814
1998169#857
1997159#871
1996170#836
1995149#893
1994153#863
1993189#759
1992155#848
1991186#743
1990182#751
1989198#694
1988161#745
1987136#792
1986136#777
1985157#702
1984126#769
1983141#727
1982131#766
1981126#775
1980126#780
1979133#751
1978132#732
1977130#746
1976129#734
1975132#719
1974134#710
1973106#772
1972113#746
1971126#733
1970126#732
1969120#715
1968107#723
1967105#723
196687#778
1965103#732
1964109#737
1963112#734
1962139#657
1961136#668
1960126#698
1959148#636
1958178#579
1957194#555
1956186#555
1955153#593
1954140#623
1953190#509
1952104#680
1951116#652
195094#705
194978#778
194863#861
194770#830
194656#878
194539#1,015
194433#1,152
194335#1,155
194223#1,467
194116#1,759
194017#1,680
193914#1,879
19388#2,646
19370–
193611#2,184
19350–
19345#3,677
19336#3,267
19320–
19310–
19306#3,590
19297#3,245
19280–
19276#3,778
19266#3,706
19255#4,195
19240–
19239#2,948
19225#4,305
19210–
19208#3,207
19190–
19185#4,178
19177#3,216
191611#2,388
19157#3,081
19140–
19135#2,820
19120–
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19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
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18990–
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18825#942

Names like Mikel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Abel, Joey, Toby, Gabriel, Michael, Zachary, Noah, Caleb, Micah, Ethan, Jude, Matthew

Other spellings of Mikel

Mikkel, Mikell, Mickel

Names related to Mikel

Mikaeel, Mikael, Mikail, Mikhael, Mikayel, Mikyle, Mykel, Miklo, Mikal, Maikel

More Hebrew names

Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

Every Hebrew name

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, “Mikel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikel, updated 20 October 2026.