Mikel is an established variant of Miguel that peaked in 1989 and has grown less common since.
Mikel is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,930 for boy births in the United States (and #4,104 across all names), given to 81 babies. Mikel first appears in 1882 and peaked in 2004 (201 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,930 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,789 |
| 2023 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,629 |
| 2022 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,547 |
| 2021 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,571 |
| 2020 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,447 |
| 2019 | 121 | 126 | — | #1,447 |
| 2018 | 162 | 162 | #12,131 | #1,217 |
| 2017 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,311 |
| 2016 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,259 |
| 2015 | 154 | 154 | #18,269 | #1,229 |
| 2014 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 161 | 161 | #15,919 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,165 |
| 2011 | 166 | 166 | #14,337 | #1,139 |
| 2010 | 179 | 179 | #14,481 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 175 | 175 | #12,134 | #1,116 |
| 2008 | 198 | 198 | #7,993 | #1,045 |
| 2007 | 193 | 193 | #12,338 | #1,025 |
| 2006 | 197 | 197 | #12,093 | #992 |
| 2005 | 193 | 193 | #9,264 | #966 |
| 2004 | 218 | 218 | #6,995 | #872 |
| 2003 | 181 | 181 | #7,466 | #971 |
| 2002 | 181 | 181 | #8,652 | #951 |
| 2001 | 201 | 201 | #5,499 | #879 |
| 2000 | 211 | 211 | #5,096 | #852 |
| 1999 | 202 | 202 | #6,737 | #818 |
| 1998 | 190 | 190 | #5,073 | #860 |
| 1997 | 186 | — | #4,091 | #877 |
| 1996 | 194 | — | #4,410 | #839 |
| 1995 | 168 | — | #5,159 | #902 |
| 1994 | 178 | — | #4,207 | #867 |
| 1993 | 213 | — | #4,336 | #762 |
| 1992 | 176 | — | #4,801 | #851 |
| 1991 | 209 | — | #4,438 | #749 |
| 1990 | 204 | — | #4,470 | #756 |
| 1989 | 224 | — | #3,855 | #699 |
| 1988 | 180 | — | #4,599 | #747 |
| 1987 | 161 | — | #3,593 | #796 |
| 1986 | 152 | — | #4,889 | #778 |
| 1985 | 171 | — | #5,248 | #703 |
| 1984 | 144 | — | #4,267 | #771 |
| 1983 | 170 | — | #2,956 | #728 |
| 1982 | 175 | — | #2,272 | #769 |
| 1981 | 137 | — | #6,169 | #777 |
| 1980 | 142 | — | #4,665 | #781 |
| 1979 | 158 | — | #3,301 | #752 |
| 1978 | 152 | — | #3,722 | #734 |
| 1977 | 151 | — | #3,566 | #750 |
| 1976 | 137 | — | #7,041 | #735 |
| 1975 | 156 | — | #3,020 | #721 |
| 1974 | 164 | — | #2,536 | #711 |
| 1973 | 117 | — | #5,089 | #775 |
| 1972 | 124 | — | #4,989 | #748 |
| 1971 | 141 | — | #4,061 | #738 |
| 1970 | 135 | — | #5,672 | #733 |
| 1969 | 142 | — | #2,889 | #716 |
| 1968 | 119 | — | #4,149 | #725 |
| 1967 | 118 | — | #3,778 | #724 |
| 1966 | 92 | — | #7,274 | #783 |
| 1965 | 103 | — | — | #733 |
| 1964 | 125 | — | #3,337 | #738 |
| 1963 | 129 | — | #3,149 | #734 |
| 1962 | 139 | — | — | #660 |
| 1961 | 136 | — | — | #670 |
| 1960 | 132 | — | #6,167 | #700 |
| 1959 | 155 | — | #5,392 | #637 |
| 1958 | 184 | — | #5,884 | #581 |
| 1957 | 194 | — | — | #557 |
| 1956 | 195 | — | #4,368 | #557 |
| 1955 | 153 | — | — | #597 |
| 1954 | 140 | — | — | #625 |
| 1953 | 199 | — | #4,137 | #513 |
| 1952 | 111 | — | #4,791 | #684 |
| 1951 | 116 | — | — | #653 |
| 1950 | 102 | — | #4,210 | #710 |
| 1949 | 84 | — | #5,072 | #780 |
| 1948 | 63 | — | — | #866 |
| 1947 | 76 | — | #5,120 | #834 |
| 1946 | 65 | — | #3,585 | #887 |
| 1945 | 39 | — | — | #1,026 |
| 1944 | 39 | — | #4,392 | #1,166 |
| 1943 | 40 | — | #5,147 | #1,166 |
| 1942 | 33 | — | #3,138 | #1,486 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | #3,850 | #1,805 |
| 1940 | 24 | — | #3,745 | #1,726 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #4,729 | #1,937 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | — | #2,795 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | #3,301 | #2,256 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #4,035 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | — | #3,521 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,872 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | — | #3,446 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #4,046 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #4,038 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,674 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | — | #3,092 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,747 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | — | #3,396 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,586 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,447 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,488 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,279 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | — | #3,112 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #1,045 |