Girls' name · since 1977
Mikela
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 797 babies named Mikela, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 797
- total births
- 1977–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Mikela is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 797 have been recorded since 1977.
Mikela has 797 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2023.
- 797 total births
- 1977–2023 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikela's 797 recorded births place it above 88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Mikela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikela splits its recorded history at 2000: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2023
- Peak year (1994)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Mikela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mikela's strongest decade.
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Mikela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 89
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
324 births
- 2000s
2000s
250 births
- 2010s 103
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 324 births (41% of all-time use).
How Mikela compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mikela's total volume
Mikela vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Mikela by state
Where Mikela concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
39 of 797 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Mikela's decade-level peak was the 1990s (324 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mikelas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikela: Baby Name Since 1977 - 797 Births, Peak 1994." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikela. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mikela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.