Girls' name · since 1979
Mikella
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.
- #13,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 400
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mikella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 400 have been recorded since 1979.
Mikella has 400 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #13,514 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 400 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikella ranks #13,514 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 400 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 400
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mikella's 400 recorded births place it above 81.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mikella's full recorded timeline at 2004, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mikella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Mikella by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Mikella's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Mikella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Mikella's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mikella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Mikella 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 August 2026.