Mikaila — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mikaila

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,384 babies named Mikaila between 1984 and 2023, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikaila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 239 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikaila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,060 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mikaila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 292 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikaila in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mikaila 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 2,384 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.