Mikela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mikela

The Social Security Administration has registered 797 babies named Mikela between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mikela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikela in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mikela 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 797 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.