Girls' name · since 1993
Mikhayla
Mikhayla has 376 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 376
- total births
- 1993–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Mikhayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 376 recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Mikhayla recorded 376 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- 376 total births
- 1993–2025 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikhayla's 376 recorded births place it above 81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikhayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mikhayla's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 29% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 71%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mikhayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Mikhayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mikhayla's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Mikhayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
184 births
- 2000s
2000s
147 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 184 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Mikhayla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (184 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikhayla: Baby Name Since 1993 - 376 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikhayla. 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 Mikhayla 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.