Mikayla

Where Mikayla comes from

The dictionaries list Mikayla as a given name — a female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Michaela — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Mikayla Mendez born
    American pornographic actress, born 1980
  3. 1995
    Mikayla Raines born
    American wildlife rescuer/rehabilitator and YouTuber
  4. 1998
    Peak, #82
    3,858 babies named Mikayla — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #182.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Michaela.
Namesakes
  • Mikayla Mendez · American pornographic actress, born 1980, born 1980
  • Mikayla Raines · American wildlife rescuer/rehabilitator and YouTuber, 1995–2025
  • Mikayla Harvey · New Zealand cyclist, born 1998
  • Mikayla Dayes · Canadian association football player, born 1999
  • Mikayla Martin · Canadian skicrosser, 1997–2019

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.