How Many People Are Named Mickey?
people named Mickey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,882 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,173 babies named Mickey in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,091 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive or feminine form of MICHAEL. This was the name that Walt Disney gave to Ub Iwerks' cartoon character Mickey Mouse, who was originally named Mortimer Mouse. Another famous bearer was the American baseball player Mickey Mantle (1931-1995).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mickey in English. Counting Mickey and these spellings together, about 25,549 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mickey, 16.6% were girls and 83.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Mickey fell from 47.2% in the 1910s to 12.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mickey alive today is about 56 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mickey first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1957, to 1,091 babies. In 2025, 86 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mickey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #248, in 1957. In 2025 it ranked #2,048. Among girls, its best rank was #544, in 1948.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,048 | #8,187 |
| Best rank | #248 (1957) | #544 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #280 in the 1950s | #773 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mickey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mickey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,097 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mickey was given 3.1 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.6 times in Alabama and 2.4 times in North Carolina.
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