Girls' name · since 1997
Mykaylah
98 babies named Mykaylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mykaylah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 98 have been recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Mykaylah recorded 98 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2017.
- #27,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 98 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mykaylah ranks #27,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mykaylah's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mykaylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mykaylah's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mykaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Mykaylah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Mykaylah's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Mykaylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Mykaylah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mykaylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mykaylah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.