US Name Trends

Mikayla

A modern feminine of Michael, alongside Michaela and Makayla.

1998peak year
No. 82best rank (1998)
56,724babies since 1880
No. 746rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Mikayla per year — peak 3,858▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Mikayla first shows up in the national records in 1970. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1998 to 1999. Its biggest year was 1998, when 3,858 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 82 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 746 for girls. All told, 56,724 Americans have been given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Michaela (53,702), Mikaela (20,719), Micaela (14,983), Mykayla (2,699), Micayla (2,597), Mikaila (2,390) (total births since 1880)

Other names that share a story: Michael, Makayla, Michaela

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1970s52No. 4842
1980s736No. 751
1990s18,746No. 82
2000s23,732No. 108
2010s10,758No. 181
2020s2,689No. 544

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.