Given name & surname
Mickey
“who is like God?”
In English use, Mickey is a diminutive of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Mickey carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” In English use, Mickey is a diminutive of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Mickey is used as a feminine counterpart of Michael.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mickey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,173
- 27,627 boys · 6,546 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 1,091 babies
- 2025
- 86
- #2,048 for boys · #8,189 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 87% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 73 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,048 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 950 in 1957. It also appeared in 13 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,288 as a first name in 2020; 3,624 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mickey’s family of names
In English usage, Mickey is a diminutive of Michael. Mickey has a related form in Mickie. In English usage, Mickey has a related form in Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mickey
- Mickey RooneyAmerican actor (1920–2014)
- Mickey RourkeAmerican actorborn 1952
- Mickey SpillaneAmerican crime novelist (1918–2006)
- Mickey MantleAmerican baseball player (1931–1995)
- Mickey MaddenAmerican bassistborn 1979
- Mickey CohenAmerican criminal (1913–1976)
- Mickey KuhnAmerican actor (1932–2022)
- Mickey LevySpeaker of the 24th Knesset, former police officerborn 1951
- Mickey HartAmerican percussionistborn 1943
Characters named Mickey: Mickey Smith (the Doctor Who Universe), Mickey Goldmill (fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone), Mickey Haller (fictional character of a Los Angeles-based defense attorney, created by Michael Connelly).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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