Mykalah — girls' name
145 babies named Mykalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Mykalah was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Mykalah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mykalah
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Mykalah between 1997 and 2011, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykalah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykalah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mykalah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mykalah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mykalah 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 145 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.
Mykalah at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mykalah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1997
- Peak year (2005)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
145 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 26 births in a single year.
Mykalah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 105 births that decade — 72% of Mykalah's all-time total
Mykalah decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mykalah's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Mykalah by state
Where Mykalah concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2011 (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.