Micayla — girls' name
2,597 babies named Micayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
2,597 girls have been named Micayla since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 2,597
- total births
- 1980–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Micayla was born in this single decade.
208 babies were named Micayla in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Micayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,597 babies named Micayla between 1980 and 2023, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Micayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 208 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Micayla performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Micayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 218 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Micayla in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Micayla 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 2,597 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.
Micayla at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Micayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1980
- Peak year (1997)
- 208
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,597 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 208 births in a single year.
Micayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,145 births that decade — 44% of Micayla's all-time total
Micayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,145 births
- Runner-up 1,011 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Micayla's strongest decade
1,145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Micayla by state
Where Micayla concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 218 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 198 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 141 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 95 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 59 | 2.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 58 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 54 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 49 | 1.9% |
218 of 2,597 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.7% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Micayla appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2023 (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.