Girls' name · since 1998
Maikayla
Maikayla has 64 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,154 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
64 girls have been named Maikayla since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maikayla has been recorded 64 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2013.
- #32,154 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maikayla ranks #32,154 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #32,154 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maikayla's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maikayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maikayla splits its recorded history at 2006: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maikayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2013
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Maikayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 73% of the file).
2000s was Maikayla's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Maikayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Maikayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maikayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maikayla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.