Mykela — girls' name
208 babies named Mykela in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Mykela was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Mykela in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mykela
The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Mykela between 1992 and 2013, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mykela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mykela 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 208 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.
Mykela at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mykela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1992
- Peak year (1995)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
208 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 22 births in a single year.
Mykela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 133 births that decade — 64% of Mykela's all-time total
Mykela decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mykela's strongest decade
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1992–2013 (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.