Girls' name · since 1994
Mccayla
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.
- #27,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
93 girls have been named Mccayla since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mccayla has 93 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2010.
- #27,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mccayla ranks #27,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mccayla's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mccayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mccayla's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mccayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2010
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Mccayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Mccayla's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Mccayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Mccayla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Mccayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1994–2010 (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 Mccayla 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.