Girls' name · since 1994
Mikahla
82 babies named Mikahla in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 82
- total births
- 1994–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
82 girls have been named Mikahla since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikahla has been recorded 82 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2006.
- 82 total births
- 1994–2006 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikahla's 82 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikahla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mikahla's full recorded timeline at 1998, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mikahla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2006
- Peak year (1997)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Mikahla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mikahla's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Mikahla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 62 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mikahla's data
- Mikahla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1994–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikahla: Baby Name Since 1994 - 82 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikahla. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mikahla 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 July 2026.