Mikayla
- #746 for girls in 2025, 364 births
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #6,520
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 3,858 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 56,713since 1970
Mikayla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #746 | 364 | — | |
| 2024 | #775 | 363 | — | |
| 2023 | #612 | 488 | — | |
| 2022 | #615 | 483 | — | |
| 2021 | #673 | 439 | — | |
| 2020 | #544 | 552 | — | |
| 2019 | #502 | 627 | — | |
| 2018 | #426 | 737 | — | |
| 2017 | #393 | 796 | — | |
| 2016 | #402 | 826 | — | |
| 2015 | #351 | 946 | — | |
| 2014 | #320 | 1,041 | — | |
| 2013 | #268 | 1,200 | — | |
| 2012 | #240 | 1,339 | — | |
| 2011 | #206 | 1,524 | — | |
| 2010 | #181 | 1,722 | — | |
| 2009 | #179 | 1,828 | — | |
| 2008 | #171 | 1,940 | — | |
| 2007 | #182 | 1,852 | — | |
| 2006 | #154 | 2,253 | — | |
| 2005 | #142 | 2,395 | — | |
| 2004 | #156 | 2,159 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #138 | 2,393 | — | |
| 2002 | #124 | 2,738 | — | |
| 2001 | #109 | 3,014 | — | |
| 2000 | #108 | 3,160 | — | |
| 1999 | #85 | 3,735 | — | |
| 1998 | #82 | 3,858 | — | |
| 1997 | #112 | 2,873 | — | |
| 1996 | #143 | 2,284 | — | |
| 1995 | #146 | 2,223 | — | |
| 1994 | #168 | 1,793 | — | |
| 1993 | #296 | 928 | — | |
| 1992 | #566 | 413 | — | |
| 1991 | #643 | 344 | — | |
| 1990 | #709 | 295 | — | |
| 1989 | #751 | 261 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,097 | 143 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,411 | 94 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five girls were named Mikayla! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Mikayla is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#322 · 1 in 1,278
- Florida#462 · 1 in 2,169
- New Jersey#499 · 1 in 2,367
- Maryland#511 · 1 in 1,999
- New York#518 · 1 in 2,448
Best ever in a state: #27 in Hawaii, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #322 | 9 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Florida | #462 | 40 | 1 in 2,169 |
| New Jersey | #499 | 15 | 1 in 2,367 |
| Maryland | #511 | 10 | 1 in 1,999 |
| New York | #518 | 32 | 1 in 2,448 |
| Virginia | #520 | 15 | 1 in 2,249 |
| California | #548 | 59 | 1 in 2,741 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Massachusetts | #624 | 8 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Arizona | #676 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| North Carolina | #684 | 14 | 1 in 3,320 |
| Illinois | #709 | 13 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Pennsylvania | #725 | 13 | 1 in 3,591 |
| Tennessee | #748 | 9 | 1 in 3,564 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Texas | #917 | 31 | 1 in 5,179 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 29 spots since 2024 (#775 → #746)
- 202 spots since 2020 (#544 → #746)
- Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1989
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1998 at #82 (3,858 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1998–1999
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 458
- Highest: 1 in 458 girls born in 1998 were named Mikayla (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,416 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 41.8% of all girls named Mikayla (23,732) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #4,842 (1979) | #6,745 |
| 1980s | 736 | #751 (1989) | #2,580 |
| 1990s | 18,746 | #82 (1998) | #295 |
| 2000s | 23,732 | #108 (2000) | #146 |
| 2010s | 10,758 | #181 (2010) | #329 |
| 2020s | 2,689 | #544 (2020) | #661 |
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.
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