Mekayla — #12516 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mekayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,665 babies named Mekayla between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mekayla currently holds the #12516 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mekayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 749 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mekayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mekayla in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mekayla 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 1,665 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.