Mickey
Mickey is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Netherlands
- US records 1880–2017
- 26,854 male / 6,430 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Mickey
If you do not know Mickey’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mickey,” in English, “Guten Tag Mickey,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Mickey,
German
Guten Tag Mickey,
French
Bonjour Mickey,
Spanish
Estimado/a Mickey:
Chinese
Mickey您好：
Japanese
Mickey様
English
Hi Mickey,
German
Hi Mickey,
French
Salut Mickey,
Spanish
Hola Mickey,
Chinese
Mickey你好：
Japanese
Mickeyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
| Netherlands | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
26,854 male · 6,430 female · 33,284 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 90.7% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mickey a male or female name?
Mickey is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Mickey in an email?
If you do not know Mickey’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mickey,” in English, “Guten Tag Mickey,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Mickey a unisex name?
Mickey is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Mickey a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mickey. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_mickey,
title = {Is Mickey a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/mickey},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}