Mike is the everyday short form of Michael, a Hebrew name that poses the question "who is like God?", borne by the archangel who leads the heavenly armies. As a name in its own right Mike had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, when Michael was the number one boys' name in America. In this century Mike has faded: it stood at number 601 in 2000, dropped out of the US top 1000 in the 2010s and ranks number 1,234 in 2025.