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.
47% of everyone ever named Mykala was born in this single decade.
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 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mykala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1984
- Peak year (2000)
- 106
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
1,291 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 106 births in a single year.
Mykala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 601 births that decade — 47% of Mykala's all-time total
Mykala decade highlights
- Peak decade 601 births
- Runner-up 559 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mykala's strongest decade
601 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Mykala by state
Where Mykala concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| 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% |
85 of 1,291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.6% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mykala appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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.