How Many People Are Named Mikayla?
people named Mikayla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,096 people in the US has this name
Based on 56,724 babies named Mikayla in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,858 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MICHAELA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Mikayla in English. Counting Mikayla and these spellings together, about 178,116 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Mikayla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mikayla alive today is about 21 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mikayla first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1998, to 3,858 babies. In 2025, 364 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mikayla never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #82, in 1998, and it was in the top 100 for 2 years, 1998 to 1999. In 2025 it ranked #748.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #748 |
| Best rank | #82 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | 2 (1998 to 1999) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #141 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mikayla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mikayla were born in California than in any other state: about 6,262 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mikayla was given 2.5 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in North Dakota and 1.8 times in Montana.
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