Recorded 1984–2017 Girls' name Peak 2000 1,291 births

Mykala — girls' name

1,291 babies named Mykala in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s311990s5592000s6012010s100
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Mykala was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

106 babies were named Mykala in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mykala

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,291 babies named Mykala between 1984 and 2017, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 106 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykala performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 601 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mykala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mykala in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mykala 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 1,291 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.

Mykala at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

1,291

Since 1984

34 years of records

Peak year

2000

106 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1984

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2017

Mykala popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1984

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2000)
106
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
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Mykala by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
601 births that decade — 47% of Mykala's all-time total
1980s311990s5592000s6012010s100

Mykala by state

Where Mykala concentrates geographically — total births since 1984

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Mykala
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
85 6.6%
#2 California
54 4.2%
#3 Florida
31 2.4%
#4 Ohio
30 2.3%
#5 Michigan
17 1.3%
#6 Tennessee
16 1.2%
#7 New York
15 1.2%
#8 Pennsylvania
13 1.0%
Texas share of Mykala's total US births 6.6%
Even split

85 of 1,291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.

Mykala appears in 16 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mykala?
1,291 babies have been named Mykala since 1984. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2000 with 106 births.
When was Mykala most popular?
Mykala was most popular in the 2000s decade with 601 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Mykala most popular?
The top states for the name Mykala are Texas (85 births), California (54 births), Florida (31 births).
How long has the name Mykala been used?
Mykala has been recorded in Social Security data since 1984, spanning 34 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Mykala?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Myka, Mykayla, Mykah, Mykenzie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1984–2017 (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.