Girls' name · since 1985
Mickayla
Mickayla has 1,872 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,872
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mickayla is the #11252 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,872 recorded since 1985.
Mickayla has 1,872 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11252 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #4,907 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,252 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,872 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mickayla ranks #4,907 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,252 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,872 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,907 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,872
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mickayla's 1,872 recorded births place it above 93.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mickayla compares
1,872 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mickayla's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mickayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,872 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 160 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mickayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mickayla's full recorded timeline at 2006, 26% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 74% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 160 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mickayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 160
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Mickayla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (872 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Mickayla's strongest decade.
872 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Mickayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 45
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
872 births
- 2000s
2000s
668 births
- 2010s 233
2010s
233 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 872 births (47% of all-time use).
How Mickayla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mickayla's total volume
Mickayla by state
Where Mickayla concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 124 | 6.6% |
| #2 | California | | 97 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 62 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 61 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 58 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 55 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 49 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 28 | 1.5% |
124 of 1,872 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Mickayla appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mickayla's data
- Mickayla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (872 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Mickaylas (124 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mickayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Mickayla 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.