Mykel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MY-kul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,091 for boys
Mykel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
What does Mykel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Michael
“who is like God?”
A respelling of Michael, the archangel named in the books of Daniel and Revelation.
Is Mykel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mykel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mykel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,091st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Mykel, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 139 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Mykel in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,458 boys in the US were given Mykel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #24, up from #2,091 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 19% of the babies named Mykel in the US in 1985, and 7% in 2023.
Mykel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 89 | #1,815 |
| 2021 | 84 | #1,840 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,299 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 81 | #1,828 |
| 2013 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 2012 | 96 | #1,616 |
| 2011 | 98 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 97 | #1,612 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,545 |
| 2008 | 120 | #1,408 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,467 |
| 2005 | 124 | #1,260 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,285 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,390 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,333 |
| 2000 | 81 | #1,493 |
| 1999 | 82 | #1,418 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 70 | #1,496 |
| 1996 | 69 | #1,462 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,377 |
| 1991 | 94 | #1,124 |
| 1990 | 139 | #865 |
| 1989 | 59 | #1,420 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,266 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,152 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Mykel
- Mike 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mykel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Abel, Noah, Caleb, Micah, Malachi, Ethan, Misael, Maxwell, Asher, Jonah, Levi
Other spellings of Mykel
Michael, Micheal, Maikol, Maykel, Maicol, Maikel, Maycol, Mykell, Maykol, Mykal, Mykael
Names related to Mykel
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mykel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mykel, updated 20 October 2026.