Mccayla — girls' name
93 babies named Mccayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Mccayla was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Mccayla in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mccayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Mccayla between 1994 and 2010, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mccayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mccayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mccayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mccayla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 93 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mccayla at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mccayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1994
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
93 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 11 births in a single year.
Mccayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 51 births that decade — 55% of Mccayla's all-time total
Mccayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mccayla's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.