Mikayla
Mikayla was the 748th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 364 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 82nd with 3,858 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 397 places. More babies were named Mikayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning who is like God? (variant of Michaela) · Hebrew, American English
Say it mih-KAY-luh /mɪˈkeɪlə/
- Rank in 2025
- #748 girls, down 204 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 364girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19983,858 babies
- Total since 1880
- 56,724babies recorded
What does the name Mikayla mean?
Mikayla is a modern spelling of Michaela, which Wiktionary records as of modern usage. Michaela is the feminine of Michael, which DMNES explains as the Hebrew question "Who is like God?" Michael is one of the archangels in the Bible. The spelling with k and y reflects the sound of the name in American English and links it with Kayla. US records show Mikayla from 1970, most common in the late 1990s.
מִיכָאֵל (Biblical Hebrew, “Who is like God?”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Michaela, Makayla, Michael, Kayla, Micaela.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Mikayla' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Michael', DMNES (Durham University)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Michaela', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Nicknames for Mikayla
The usual nicknames for Mikayla are Kayla and Mika. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Mikayla in the last five years, 237 were named Kayla, against 414 twenty years earlier. Mika is also gaining on the full name.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayla · also for Makayla, Michaela | Modern | #364 | 5,075 |
| Mika | Modern | #1,641 | 732 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Mikaylas go by each one.
Mikayla popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 11 since 2004.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #748 | 364 |
| 2020 | #544 | 552 |
| 2010 | #181 | 1,722 |
| 2000 | #108 | 3,160 |
| 1990 | #711 | 295 |
| 1980 | #4,664 | 16 |
| 1970 | #8,853 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mikayla, counting every spelling?
Mikayla is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #396 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #748 for Mikayla on its own. Together these spellings went to 836 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikayla | 364 | #748 | 2,137 |
| Mikaela | 241 | #1,037 | 1,636 |
| Micaela | 174 | #1,286 | 1,090 |
| Mykayla | 9 | #10,658 | 79 |
| Mikaella | 14 | #7,763 | 74 |
| Mikaylah | 8 | #11,592 | 69 |
| Mickayla | 8 | #11,590 | 47 |
| Mikaila | 6 | #14,358 | 37 |
| Micaella | 12 | #8,693 | 33 |
| Mykaela | — | — | 29 |
| Mikeila | — | — | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mikayla?
364 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mikayla (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mikayla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 23 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mikayla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mikayla?
About 56,000 people born in the US named Mikayla are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 17 and 28. That makes Mikayla mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Mikayla by state
How common Mikayla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Connecticut (2.7×), New Jersey (2.6×), New York (2.0×), Maryland (1.9×), California (1.6×). In 20 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mikayla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mikayla, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Mikayla · Sibling names for Mikayla
Questions about the name Mikayla
What does Mikayla mean?
Mikayla means “who is like God? (variant of Michaela)” (Hebrew, American English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Mikayla?
Mikayla was the 748th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 364 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 82nd with 3,858 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 397 places. More babies were named Mikayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Mikayla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mikayla in the US.
Where is Mikayla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mikayla was most common in Hawaii (0.96 per 1,000 girls), followed by Connecticut and New Jersey.