Girls' name · since 1994
Mikkayla
Mikkayla has 57 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 57
- total births
- 1994–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
Mikkayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikkayla has been recorded 57 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2004.
- 57 total births
- 1994–2004 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 68% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikkayla's 57 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikkayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikkayla splits its recorded history at 1999: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikkayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2004
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Mikkayla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mikkayla's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Mikkayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Mikkayla's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2000s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1994–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikkayla: Baby Name Since 1994 - 57 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikkayla. 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 Mikkayla 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.