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Mickey
Pronounced /ˈmɪki/
Rank in 2024
#7,685
Born in 2024
14
Peak year
1948 · #544
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:103 in 2024 (#1,639)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 14 girls were named Mickey, about 1 in every 115,228.
- It peaked in 1948 with 231 babies, ranked #544.
- It first shows up in the records in 1900.
- 6,533 girls have been named Mickey since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Mickey per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 950 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 1,675 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,742 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 604 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 252 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 150 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 154 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun senses 1 (“Mickey Mouse cartoon”) and 3.2 (“type of bombsight assisted by radar”) are short forms of Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 2 (“synonym of Mick”) refers to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and that many Irish people are Roman Catholic. Noun sense 3.1 is a short form of Mickey Finn.
- A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
- A diminutive of the female given names Michaela and Michelle.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈmɪki/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Mickey, CC BY-SA 4.0.