Recorded 1993–2015 Girls' name Peak 2001 420 births

Mykaila — girls' name

420 babies named Mykaila in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s1302000s2292010s61
2000s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Mykaila was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

30 babies were named Mykaila in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mykaila

The Social Security Administration has registered 420 babies named Mykaila between 1993 and 2015, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykaila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykaila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mykaila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Mykaila in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mykaila 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 420 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.

Mykaila at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

420

Since 1993

23 years of records

Peak year

2001

30 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1993

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2015

Mykaila popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1993

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2001)
30
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
010203040 201520122009200620032000199719941993 10

Mykaila by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
229 births that decade — 55% of Mykaila's all-time total
1990s1302000s2292010s61

Mykaila by state

Where Mykaila concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Mykaila
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
21 5.0%
#2 Texas
5 1.2%
California share of Mykaila's total US births 5.0%
Even split

21 of 420 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mykaila?
420 babies have been named Mykaila since 1993. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2001 with 30 births.
When was Mykaila most popular?
Mykaila was most popular in the 2000s decade with 229 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Mykaila most popular?
The top states for the name Mykaila are California (21 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Mykaila been used?
Mykaila has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 23 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Mykaila?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Myka, Mykayla, Mykah, Mykala, 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, 1993–2015 (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.