Fun Facts About the Name Mick
- More than 2 thousand babies named Mick: U.S. records list 2,445 babies given the name Mick from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mick Mean?
Mick is a short form of Michael, a name of Hebrew origin. The Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) is a rhetorical question built from three elements: mi ("who"), ke ("like" or "as"), and El ("God"), giving the customary meaning "Who is like God?" The question is traditionally understood as an expression of humility or praise rather than a literal request for information. Mick carries this same meaning because it is a familiar form of Michael, not an independent name with a separate etymology.
Mick Name History & Origins
Mick belongs to a group of English pet forms of Michael that were made by clipping the name and adding a hard final consonant, as with Mike and Mickey. Michael was widely used in England from the Middle Ages onward, helped by devotion to the archangel Michael, and short spoken forms developed alongside it. Mick became especially common in Ireland, where the name appears in Irish as Micheál and was anglicized as Michael; Mick served as an everyday form of that name in speech. It traveled with Irish and British speakers to Australia, Britain, and North America.
By the nineteenth century, "Mick" had also become a derogatory slang term for an Irishman, used in Britain and North America. As a given name in its own right rather than a nickname, Mick is chiefly a twentieth-century development, used alongside the full name Michael; bearers include the singer Mick Jagger, born Michael Jagger in 1943, and the musician Mick Fleetwood, born Michael Fleetwood in 1947. The related form Mickey has its own separate history as both a diminutive and a given name.
How Popular is the Name Mick?
Mick has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1991. Its best rank was #1,260 in 1957.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,643 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #3,652 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2023 | #2,872 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 2022 | #2,940 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2021 | #3,154 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2020 | #3,384 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #3,035 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2018 | #3,212 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2017 | #3,944 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #2,918 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2015 | #3,201 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2014 | #3,348 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #3,929 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #2,940 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #4,307 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #3,115 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2009 | #3,312 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #2,741 | 45 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #3,661 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #3,498 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #3,145 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2004 | #3,338 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #2,762 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #3,061 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #3,584 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #3,719 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #3,336 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #2,760 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1997 | #2,727 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1996 | #2,468 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1995 | #2,600 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #2,479 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 1993 | #1,923 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #1,868 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 1991 | #1,666 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 1990 | #1,721 | 47 | 0.0023% |
| 1989 | #1,819 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 1988 | #1,937 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1987 | #1,887 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1986 | #2,201 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1985 | #2,337 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #2,016 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1983 | #1,938 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1982 | #1,692 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1981 | #2,024 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1980 | #2,193 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1979 | #2,347 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #2,250 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #2,526 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #1,635 | 33 | 0.0021% |
| 1975 | #1,774 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1974 | #1,736 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #2,098 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1972 | #1,806 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1971 | #1,767 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1970 | #2,188 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1969 | #1,593 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1968 | #2,004 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1967 | #1,695 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1966 | #1,708 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1965 | #1,701 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1964 | #1,835 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1963 | #1,941 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1962 | #1,573 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1961 | #1,341 | 36 | 0.0017% |
| 1960 | #1,512 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 1959 | #1,747 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1958 | #1,415 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 1957 | #1,260 | 39 | 0.0018% |
| 1956 | #1,408 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 1955 | #2,702 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #1,800 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1953 | #2,082 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1952 | #1,917 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1951 | #2,115 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #1,689 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1949 | #1,570 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1948 | #1,392 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1947 | #1,267 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1946 | #1,372 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 1945 | #1,562 | 19 | 0.0014% |
| 1944 | #2,417 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #2,886 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #2,224 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1941 | #2,592 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #3,782 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #3,025 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1933 | #3,990 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,638 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #3,490 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1924 | #4,181 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1921 | #4,762 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #4,026 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #3,283 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1915 | #4,198 | 5 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Mick Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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