Mikayla Girl
How popular is Mikayla?
#746 girl name in 2025
364 baby girls were named Mikayla in the US in 2025, making it the 746th most popular girl name.
Mikayla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #746 for girls (▲ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 364 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #351 in 2015, #544 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (3,858 girls) |
| Highest rank | #82 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mikayla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mikayla family of names ranked #682 for girls in 2025 (#688 the year before), with 395 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mikayla is most popular
Babies named Mikayla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.7 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (208 girls)
- Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (54 girls)
Mikayla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #4,841 |
| 1980s | 736 | #750 |
| 1990s | 18,746 | #82 |
| 2000s | 23,732 | #108 |
| 2010s | 10,758 | #181 |
| 2020s | 2,689 | #544 |
Girl names about as popular as Mikayla
Questions
- Is Mikayla a boy or girl name?
- Mikayla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mikayla were girls.
- How popular is the name Mikayla?
- 364 baby girls were named Mikayla in the US in 2025, making it the 746th most popular girl name.
- When was Mikayla most popular?
- Mikayla peaked in 1998, when 3,858 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #82 in 1998.
- How many people are named Mikayla?
- 56,724 babies have been named Mikayla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 56,127 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Mikayla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mikayla was most common in Hawaii, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.