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Mike

Mike: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“who is like God?”
Origin
English
Say it
MYK · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys

Short form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el. Mike has long been used as an independent familiar form in English.

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How popular is Mike?

202466.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Mike in 2024221

2024 rank#1,009 boys

Peak year1960

Total US babies since 1880206,369

Mike is steady now but far below its 1960 peak.

Names like Mike

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Miguelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Makaylamodern spelling of Michaela · American (modern coinage)
  • Michaelawho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Mikaylawho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Misaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Mikaelawho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Micaelawho is like God? · Hebrew

Mike questions

What does the name Mike mean?

Mike means "who is like God?". It comes from English. Short form of Michael, from Hebrew Mikha'el. Mike has long been used as an independent familiar form in English.

Is Mike a boy or girl name?

Mike is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mike?

221 US babies were named Mike in 2024. Its peak year was 1960.

How do you pronounce Mike?

Mike is usually pronounced MYK.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.