Mostly boys · peaked in 1957
Mickey name popularity since 1925
32,849 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mickey (17.8% girls, 82.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Mickey is about 68 years old in 2026. Mickey peaked in 1957 as the #248 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,849
- Named Mickey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,048 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 82.2% boys
- 5,853 girls · 26,996 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 3.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Mickey made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mickey births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Mickey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1937 and 1942, Mickey became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 6,200 baby boys to 1 in 3,180.
- Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, its share of baby boys fell by 50%, from 1 in 5,090 to 1 in 10,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mickey's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mickey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mickey in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 447 | 422 | – |
| 1930s | 803 | 1,733 | #415 |
| 1940s | 1,392 | 4,477 | #301 |
| 1950s | 1,559 | 6,659 | #286 |
| 1960s | 708 | 5,160 | #348 |
| 1970s | 356 | 3,172 | #440 |
| 1980s | 160 | 1,803 | #681 |
| 1990s | 154 | 1,308 | #1,037 |
| 2000s | 91 | 811 | #1,719 |
| 2010s | 100 | 885 | #1,584 |
| 2020–25 | 83 | 566 | #2,048 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.9% of babies named Mickey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Mickey is most popular
The index compares Mickey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mickey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 3.10× | 1,017 |
| Alabama | 2.97× | 1,319 |
| North Carolina | 2.36× | 1,682 |
| Tennessee | 2.36× | 1,252 |
| Arkansas | 2.18× | 564 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mickey and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mickey (this page) | 26,996 | 1957 |
| Micky | 2,584 | 1967 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mickey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mickey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mickey (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data