Mikella — #10477 US girls' name
400 babies named Mikella in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Mikella was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Mikella in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikella
The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Mikella between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikella currently holds the #10477 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikella performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mikella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikella 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 400 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.
Mikella at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Mikella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #10477 among girls.
400 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 18 births in a single year.
Mikella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 136 births that decade — 34% of Mikella's all-time total
Mikella decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikella's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1979–2024 (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.