Recorded 1994–2004 Girls' name Peak 1997 87 births

Mycala — girls' name

87 babies named Mycala in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s542000s33
1990s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Mycala was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

15 babies were named Mycala in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mycala

The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Mycala between 1994 and 2004, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mycala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mycala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mycala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mycala 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 87 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.

Mycala at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

87

Since 1994

11 years of records

Peak year

1997

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1994

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2004

Mycala popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1994

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1997)
15
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
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Mycala by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
54 births that decade — 62% of Mycala's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mycala?
87 babies have been named Mycala since 1994. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1997 with 15 births.
When was Mycala most popular?
Mycala was most popular in the 1990s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Mycala been used?
Mycala has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 11 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Mycala?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mycah, Mychelle, Mychaela, Myca, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1994–2004 (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.