Mickey
Mickey is a unisex given name: about 81% of people named Mickey are men and 19% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 81% male / 19% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Netherlands
- US births since 1880
- 26,854 male / 6,430 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Mickey
To address Mickey when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Mickey," in English, "Guten Tag Mickey," in German. About 81% of people named Mickey are men and 19% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
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 | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name | 81% |
| Netherlands | rare | man's name | 75% |
United States birth data
26,854 male · 6,430 female · 33,284 births recorded
Since 1980: 91% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mickey a male or female name?
Mickey is a unisex given name: about 81% of people named Mickey are men and 19% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Mickey in an email?
To address Mickey when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Mickey," in English, "Guten Tag Mickey," in German. About 81% of people named Mickey are men and 19% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Mickey a unisex name?
Mickey is not a unisex name: 81% of people named Mickey are men. Mickey leans strongly male overall.
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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Mickey a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/mickey (accessed 2026-09-11). 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://dearwho.vercel.app/name/mickey},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}