Mykal
#8,046 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Mykal has been given to 1,507 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #8,046 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.
Babies named Mykal, 2025
1 in 332,000
Mykal over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Mykal over time
In 2025, Mykal went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Mykal?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 332,000
- 10 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 171,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #8,046
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 229,791 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Mykal sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mykal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Mykals were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Mykal was born before 2001 — so the typical Mykal is around 24 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 35.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 50.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,175
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (412).
Is Mykal rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +5,564
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −3,241
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −3,680
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.43×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 16.9%
- Peak was 2001 (59)
- Years since peak
- 24
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 38.0% average annual change
Spellings of Mykal
Mykal is not the most common spelling — Mikel is, with 20.4% against Mykal's 2.1%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Mykal is used
Across 1910–2025, Mykal was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 815,360 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Georgia1 in —
- 4Illinois1 in —
- 5Michigan1 in —
- 6North Carolina1 in —
- 7New York1 in —
- 8Ohio1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mykal has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Mykal around the world
Where Mykal ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1999–1999#2,943in 1999
- South Australia1983–1991#481in 1991
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Mykal by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Mykal
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Mykal
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.