Micky
Masculine · “who is like God”
Micky is given to both — 2,584 boys and 562 girls since 1880. See Micky as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Micky is a pet form of Michael that became a name of its own, and in this spelling it belongs to the drummer and singer of the Monkees. It is given mostly to boys, with a real minority of girls who reach it from Michelle and Michaela.
How old is the name Micky?
Micky first appears in US birth records in 1933 — 92 years ago. The typical Micky alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 2,200 people named Micky are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Micky most popular?
Micky peaked in 1967, reaching #816 nationally. Today it ranks #7194, 6,378 places below that high. See the whole 1967 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Mikha'el to Micky
The story of Micky
Micky Dolenz was a child star before he was a Monkee: as a boy he played the lead in the circus series Circus Boy, under a stage name, and a decade later he was cast as the drummer of a made-for-television band that went on to sell millions of real records. His spelling, with no e, is the one this name keeps. For girls, Micky grew from Michelle and Michaela, and the same short form serves both.
Meaning
who is like God, through Michael
A pet form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el, who is like God. For girls it can shorten Michelle or Michaela, which come from the same name.
How the name formed
- Mikha'el
- Michael
- Micky
Related forms: Mickey · Mícheál
Pronouncing Micky
MIK-ee
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
Nicknames for Micky
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1933
- Most boys named
- 196183 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #816reached in 1967
- Change vs 2023
- −26.7%11 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Micky in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mickey in English — spelling variant
- Mícheál in Irish — related form
Mickys among us
people named Micky are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 155,280 born in 2025 was named Micky
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Burnell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Micky's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Burnell climbed just as high around 1920, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Burnell's path sketches the road Micky is walking now.
Micky sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Micky beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Micky in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is friendly and instantly familiar.
- It works for a boy or a girl, each by its own road.
- Everyone will think of Mickey Mouse, whatever the spelling.
- It reads as a nickname, and many will assume a longer legal name.
- Most children given it are boys; a girl named Micky may be taken for a boy on paper.
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Masculine · #7194 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Mickys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Micky are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Micky in 2025?
- Micky ranks #7194 among US boy names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Micky?
- About 1 in every 155,280 US boys born in 2025 was named Micky — 11 in all.
- Will my child share the name Micky with classmates?
- Micky will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Micky
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Junius#7194 · Orie#7194 · Shade#7194 · Chesley#7194 · Joesph#7194 · Lofton#7194 · Macon#7194 · Benjiman#7194
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