Mikala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mikala

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,008 babies named Mikala between 1967 and 2023, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 324 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mikala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 293 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikala in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mikala 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 4,008 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.