Mikell
Boy · MEE-kel · Hebrew
Mikell is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Mikell mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mikel; Basque and Albanian form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Basque and Albanian form of Michael.
- Say it
- MEE-kel
Meaning borrowed from Mikel. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mikell a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Mikell, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer boys named Mikell than any year since 1979.
Half of all the boys named Mikell in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were given Mikell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,371, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Mikell in the US in 1984, and 16% in 2013.
Mikell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
Names like Mikell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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