Mikkel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEE-kel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Mikkel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Mikkel 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 Mikkel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikkel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikkel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mikkel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikkel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Mikkel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Mikkel, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Mikkel in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were given Mikkel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,371, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Mikkel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
Names like Mikkel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Noah Abel Caleb Ethan Micah Jacob Matthew Jonah Adam Mason Isaac
Other spellings of Mikkel
Names related to Mikkel
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi Eliana
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, “Mikkel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikkel, updated 20 October 2026.