Mykeal
The Story of Mykeal
As a girl name
American parents first put Mykeal on the record books as a girl name in 1994, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 7 Mykeals were born — ranking #11,138 that year. Mykeal last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Mykeal as a boy name dates back to 1989, when 5 babies received it. 2000 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Mykeal — #6,315 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Mykeal on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mykeal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mykeal
Mykeal is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Mykeal's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #6,315. Use the chart and map above to compare Mykeal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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