Mykayla — #9778 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mykayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,689 babies named Mykayla between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykayla currently holds the #9778 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 192 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,319 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mykayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 303 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mykayla in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mykayla 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 2,689 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.