Mykia — #15720 US girls' name
927 babies named Mykia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Mykia was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Mykia in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mykia
The Social Security Administration has registered 927 babies named Mykia between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mykia currently holds the #15720 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mykia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 370 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mykia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Mykia in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mykia 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 927 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.
Mykia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mykia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2002)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #15720 among girls.
927 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 57 births in a single year.
Mykia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 370 births that decade — 40% of Mykia's all-time total
Mykia decade highlights
- Peak decade 370 births
- Runner-up 347 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mykia's strongest decade
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Mykia by state
Where Mykia concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 23 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 11 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | California | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.5% |
23 of 927 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mykia appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1976–2024 (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.