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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#32 · 1 in 132
- Wyoming#33 · 1 in 109
- North Dakota#34 · 1 in 121
- Vermont#40 · 1 in 129
- Montana#44 · 1 in 151
Best ever in a state: #27 in Hawaii, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #32 | 22 | 1 in 132 |
| Wyoming | #33 | 12 | 1 in 109 |
| North Dakota | #34 | 22 | 1 in 121 |
| Vermont | #40 | 15 | 1 in 129 |
| Montana | #44 | 19 | 1 in 151 |
| Hawaii | #45 | 20 | 1 in 190 |
| Maine | #46 | 30 | 1 in 154 |
| New Hampshire | #46 | 29 | 1 in 167 |
| Minnesota | #52 | 123 | 1 in 205 |
| Missouri | #55 | 132 | 1 in 225 |
| Oregon | #57 | 67 | 1 in 245 |
| New Mexico | #60 | 34 | 1 in 249 |
| Utah | #60 | 62 | 1 in 266 |
| Wisconsin | #60 | 108 | 1 in 233 |
| Ohio | #64 | 211 | 1 in 292 |
| West Virginia | #64 | 30 | 1 in 244 |
| Washington | #65 | 95 | 1 in 308 |
| Michigan | #66 | 174 | 1 in 296 |
| Kansas | #67 | 45 | 1 in 288 |
| Oklahoma | #67 | 58 | 1 in 292 |
| Colorado | #68 | 75 | 1 in 297 |
| Idaho | #68 | 23 | 1 in 256 |
| North Carolina | #70 | 131 | 1 in 321 |
| Tennessee | #73 | 89 | 1 in 343 |
| Iowa | #75 | 45 | 1 in 312 |
| Pennsylvania | #77 | 154 | 1 in 379 |
| Massachusetts | #78 | 96 | 1 in 332 |
| Nebraska | #78 | 28 | 1 in 289 |
| Indiana | #80 | 94 | 1 in 352 |
| South Carolina | #81 | 47 | 1 in 357 |
| Nevada | #84 | 28 | 1 in 326 |
| Kentucky | #86 | 57 | 1 in 358 |
| Arkansas | #87 | 34 | 1 in 350 |
| Virginia | #88 | 83 | 1 in 409 |
| Maryland | #89 | 62 | 1 in 386 |
| Alabama | #90 | 51 | 1 in 409 |
| Arizona | #96 | 70 | 1 in 417 |
| New York | #101 | 196 | 1 in 514 |
| Alaska | #108 | 8 | 1 in 323 |
| Texas | #110 | 291 | 1 in 493 |
| Mississippi | #112 | 25 | 1 in 487 |
| Illinois | #113 | 146 | 1 in 482 |
| Florida | #115 | 149 | 1 in 499 |
| Georgia | #117 | 80 | 1 in 557 |
| Connecticut | #120 | 32 | 1 in 486 |
| Delaware | #120 | 8 | 1 in 393 |
| District of Columbia | #124 | 9 | 1 in 391 |
| Louisiana | #127 | 38 | 1 in 575 |
| Rhode Island | #136 | 9 | 1 in 460 |
| California | #139 | 342 | 1 in 646 |
| New Jersey | #173 | 50 | 1 in 830 |
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.
See more about Mikayla
- 29 spots since 2024 (#775 → #746)
- 202 spots since 2020 (#544 → #746)
- 395 spots since 2015 (#351 → #746)
- Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1989 (#1,097 → #751)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2024 (#612 → #775)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1998 at #82 (3,858 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1998–1999
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Highest: 1 in 458 girls born in 1998 were named Mikayla (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,416 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 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.
Mikayla in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 458 of them was named Mikayla, which outranked 99.5% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.