Mikel

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Primarily a boy's name · 92% boys

Meaning

Mikel is the Basque adaptation of the given name Michael. The name Mikel has its roots in the Hebrew word Mikha'el, which means "Who is like God". Notable people with the name include:

From Wikipedia

Mikel first appears in the data in 1882 and has been recorded in 104 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 201 babies (rank #872 that year). In 2024 it was given to 91 boys (rank #1,796). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mikel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mikel yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

12,471
Total babies (all years)
104
Years in the data
201
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18825#1,045
19135#3,112
19157#3,279
191611#2,488
19177#3,447
19185#4,586
19208#3,396
19225#4,747
19239#3,092
19255#4,674
19266#4,038
19276#4,046
19297#3,447
19306#3,872
19336#3,521
19345#4,035
193611#2,256
19388#2,796
193914#1,937
194017#1,726
194116#1,805
194223#1,486
194335#1,166
194433#1,166
194539#1,026
194656#887
194770#834
194863#866
194978#780
195094#710
1951116#653
1952104#684
1953190#513
1954140#625
1955153#597
1956186#557
1957194#557
1958178#581
1959148#637
1960126#700
1961136#670
1962139#660
1963112#734
1964109#739
1965103#733
196687#783
1967105#724
1968107#724
1969120#716
1970126#733
1971126#738
1972113#747
1973106#775
1974134#712
1975132#722
1976129#735
1977130#750
1978132#734
1979133#753
1980126#781
1981126#777
1982131#769
1983141#728
1984126#771
1985157#702
1986136#778
1987136#796
1988161#747
1989198#699
1990182#756
1991186#749
1992155#851
1993189#762
1994153#867
1995149#902
1996170#839
1997159#877
1998169#860
1999187#818
2000188#852
2001180#879
2002169#951
2003166#971
2004201#872
2005181#966
2006188#992
2007184#1,025
2008182#1,045
2009166#1,116
2010172#1,112
2011159#1,139
2012157#1,165
2013155#1,164
2014165#1,149
2015149#1,229
2016146#1,258
2017138#1,310
2018154#1,217
2019121#1,447
2020119#1,458
2021111#1,571
2022116#1,544
2023107#1,627
202491#1,796