Mikayah — girls' name
141 babies named Mikayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
141 girls have been named Mikayah since 2000, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 141
- total births
- 2000–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Mikayah was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Mikayah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikayah
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Mikayah between 2000 and 2017, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikayah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mikayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikayah 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 141 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.
Mikayah at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
141 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 13 births in a single year.
Mikayah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 92 births that decade — 65% of Mikayah's all-time total
Mikayah decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikayah's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 2000–2017 (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.