Mikayla — #778 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mikayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 56,339 babies named Mikayla between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikayla currently holds the #778 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 3,858 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23,731 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mikayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,273 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikayla in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mikayla 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 56,339 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.