Mikailah — girls' name
161 babies named Mikailah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
161 girls have been named Mikailah since 1995, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 161
- total births
- 1995–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Mikailah was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Mikailah in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikailah
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Mikailah between 1995 and 2014, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikailah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikailah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mikailah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikailah 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 161 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.
Mikailah at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1995
- Peak year (1997)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
161 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 16 births in a single year.
Mikailah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 94 births that decade — 58% of Mikailah's all-time total
Mikailah decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikailah's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2014 (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.