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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mikala

Mikala was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 661st with 324 babies. More babies were named Mikala in the 1990s 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
1995324 babies
Total since 1880
4,018babies recorded

Mikala popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1995.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#13,0407
2010#3,06955
2000#1,032204
1990#2,04666
1980#4,44817
1970#8,8525
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Mikala, counting every spelling?

Mikala has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Mikala?

About 3,900 people born in the US named Mikala are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 24 and 32. That makes Mikala 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.

Mikala by state

How common Mikala was among girls born in each state in 1993–1997, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (3.2×), Kansas (3.2×), Missouri (2.2×), Indiana (2.2×), Colorado (2.0×). In 18 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: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesWI0.25Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesWA0.20Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMN0.20Illinois: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesIL0.10Michigan: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesMI0.19New York: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNY0.07Massachusetts: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMA0.07Oregon: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesOR0.25Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesIA0.24Indiana: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesIN0.34Ohio: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesOH0.24Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesUT0.11Colorado: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesCO0.31Nebraska: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNE0.17Missouri: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesMO0.34Kentucky: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesKY0.19West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesVA0.16Maryland: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMD0.04Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.28New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesKS0.49Arkansas: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesAR0.29Tennessee: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesTN0.20North Carolina: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesNC0.27South Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesSC0.07District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesOK0.49Louisiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesLA0.07Mississippi: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMS0.08Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesGA0.11Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesTX0.15Florida: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesFL0.08
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Mikala, girls, 1993–1997. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Mikala: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mikala, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Mikala

How popular is the name Mikala?

Mikala was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 661st with 324 babies. More babies were named Mikala in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Mikala a boy or girl name?

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

Where was Mikala most popular?

In 1993–1997, Mikala was most common in Oklahoma (0.49 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kansas and Missouri.