Girls' name · since 1997
Mycayla
20 babies named Mycayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mycayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 20 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mycayla has been recorded 20 times among girls since 1997, 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 1997 to 2002.
- #46,142 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1997
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mycayla ranks #46,142 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1997, peaking in the 1990s.
- #46,142 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mycayla's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mycayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mycayla's full recorded timeline at 1999, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mycayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2002
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Mycayla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 75% of the file).
1990s was Mycayla's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Mycayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Mycayla's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mycayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1997–2002 (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 Mycayla 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.