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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mekayla

Mekayla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1452nd with 118 babies. More babies were named Mekayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1998118 babies
Total since 1880
1,665babies recorded

Mekayla popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#3,34849
2000#1,87891
1990#7,66911
1980——
1970——
1960——
1950——
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1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Mekayla, counting every spelling?

Mekayla has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Mekayla?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Mekayla are alive today, with a median age of 25; half are between 19 and 29. That makes Mekayla mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Mekayla by state

How common Mekayla was among girls born in each state in 1996–2000, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (2.6×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNC0.14South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOK0.12Louisiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesLA0.05Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Mekayla, girls, 1996–2000. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Mekayla

How popular is the name Mekayla?

Mekayla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1452nd with 118 babies. More babies were named Mekayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Mekayla a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mekayla in the US.

Where was Mekayla most popular?

In 1996–2000, Mekayla was most common in North Carolina (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Ohio.