Mekayla
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,665since 1985
Mekayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Mekayla has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 |
| 2007 | #2,992 | 59 |
| 2006 | #2,602 | 69 |
| 2005 | #2,482 | 70 |
| 2004 | #2,264 | 77 |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 |
| 2002 | #2,028 | 85 |
| 2001 | #1,765 | 101 |
| 2000 | #1,869 | 91 |
| 1999 | #1,580 | 106 |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 |
| 1997 | #1,766 | 85 |
| 1996 | #1,994 | 70 |
| 1995 | #1,939 | 71 |
| 1994 | #1,786 | 81 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
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| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mekayla! It came in at #8,318, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mekayla is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#365 · 1 in 1,616
- North Carolina#1,005 · 1 in 7,240
- Georgia#1,009 · 1 in 6,915
- Texas#1,997 · 1 in 19,493
- California#2,611 · 1 in 31,818
Best ever in a state: #365 in Mississippi, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #365 | 7 | 1 in 1,616 |
| North Carolina | #1,005 | 6 | 1 in 7,240 |
| Georgia | #1,009 | 7 | 1 in 6,915 |
| Texas | #1,997 | 8 | 1 in 19,493 |
| California | #2,611 | 7 | 1 in 31,818 |
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See more about Mekayla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1998 at #1,443 (118 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,974 girls born in 1998 were named Mekayla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 45.0% of all girls named Mekayla (749) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33 | #6,160 (1989) | #8,411 |
| 1990s | 618 | #1,443 (1998) | #3,187 |
| 2000s | 749 | #1,765 (2001) | #2,438 |
| 2010s | 249 | #3,306 (2010) | #6,519 |
| 2020s | 16 | #10,292 (2021) | #11,227 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mekayla in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 21,140 of them was named Mekayla, which outranked 88.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,018Lailah86
- #2,018Samiyah86
- #2,018Veronika86
- #2,028Mekayla85
- #2,028Ailyn85
- #2,028Alisia85
- #2,028Brynne85
- #2,046Abbi84
- #2,046Alexander84
- #2,046Anasia84
Tied with 17 names at #2,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.