Mikhayla — girls' name
376 babies named Mikhayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
376 girls have been named Mikhayla since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2025.
- 376
- total births
- 1993–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Mikhayla was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Mikhayla in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikhayla
The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Mikhayla between 1993 and 2025, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikhayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikhayla performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mikhayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikhayla 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 376 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.
Mikhayla at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikhayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1993
- Peak year (1997)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
376 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 33 births in a single year.
Mikhayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 184 births that decade — 49% of Mikhayla's all-time total
Mikhayla decade highlights
- Peak decade 184 births
- Runner-up 147 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mikhayla's strongest decade
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1993–2025 (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.