Mykell
Boy · MY-kul · Hebrew
Mykell is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Mykell mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mykel, itself a spelling of Michael
“who is like God?”
A respelling of Michael, the archangel named in the books of Daniel and Revelation.
- Say it
- MY-kul
Meaning borrowed from Mykel.
Is Mykell a girl's or a boy's name?
Mykell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mykell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Mykell, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer boys named Mykell than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mykell in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,458 boys in the US were given Mykell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #24, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 48% of the babies named Mykell in the US in 1995, and 21% in 2011.
Mykell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
Nicknames for Mykell
- Mike 8 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Mykell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Cohen Maxwell Noah Kayden Aiden Brayden Malachi Asher Declan Gael Eden
Other spellings of Mykell
Michael Micheal Mykel Maikol Maykel Maicol Maikel Maycol Maykol Mykal Mykael
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