Mikey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MY-kee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #870 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Mikey is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 870th for boys in the UK (40 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Mikey mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Pet form of Michael, used as a name in its own right.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mikey a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 50 boys in the US.
How popular is Mikey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #870among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 7,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were named Mikey, making it the 870th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 675th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 153 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mikey than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Mikey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Mikey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #870 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 41 | #860 |
| 2022 | 53 | #715 |
| 2021 | 56 | #707 |
| 2020 | 57 | #675 |
| 2019 | 66 | #618 |
| 2018 | 74 | #574 |
| 2017 | 86 | #518 |
| 2016 | 74 | #572 |
| 2015 | 93 | #487 |
| 2014 | 102 | #442 |
| 2013 | 117 | #395 |
| 2012 | 93 | #472 |
| 2011 | 114 | #391 |
| 2010 | 153 | #327 |
| 2009 | 114 | #388 |
| 2008 | 111 | #378 |
| 2007 | 146 | #299 |
| 2006 | 99 | #385 |
| 2005 | 71 | #451 |
| 2004 | 65 | #466 |
| 2003 | 60 | #459 |
| 2002 | 22 | #891 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 30 | #665 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 22 | #790 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 33 | #563 |
How popular is Mikey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Mikey, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. It first appears in the records in 1922. 8 girls were also named Mikey in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Mikey of any year since it first appeared, in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Mikey in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
Names like Mikey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marley Riley Noah Micah Yusuf Caleb Ethan Brody Mason Finley Zachary Toby
Names related to Mikey
More Hebrew names
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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, “Mikey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikey, updated 20 October 2026.