Mickey

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A few things about Mickey you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Mickey

Mickey Rooney

American actor (1920–2014)

Choose Mickey and your child shares a first name with Mickey Rooney, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Mickey, like who?” Mickey Rooney's Wikipedia article is available in 70 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

Read about Mickey Rooney on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Photo: Studio publicity still, Public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 23,419 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Mickey, 73 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Mickey would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMickey first shows up in US birth records in 1898, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 127 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1957, when it ranked #248. Today it's #2,035, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendMickey has slipped 496 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,035. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlMickey is given to both boys and girls: 85% of the 86 babies named Mickey in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningMickey is an English form of Michael, which means “who is like God”. Our records link it to Hebrew and Irish roots.

About the name Mickey

Mickey is a gender-neutral name of Hebrew and Irish origin meaning “who is like God”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-key”. US birth records list Mickey for boys from 1898 to 2025, in 121 of those 128 years. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked #248 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #2,035, with 73 babies. Of the 86 US babies named Mickey in 2025, 15% were girls and 85% were boys.

Origin:Hebrew namesIrish names