Mykaylah — girls' name
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.
65% of everyone ever named Mykaylah was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Mykaylah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mykaylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Mykaylah between 1997 and 2017, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykaylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykaylah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mykaylah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mykaylah 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 98 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.
Mykaylah at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mykaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1997
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
98 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 15 births in a single year.
Mykaylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 64 births that decade — 65% of Mykaylah's all-time total
Mykaylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mykaylah's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2017 (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.