How popular is the name Mikayla?

Mikayla ranks 490th among girls' names in US records, with 58,148 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,367.

Is Mikayla a unisex name?

No. Mikayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1998, when 3,985 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Mikayle. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#490 of girl names

Pronounced M IY1 K EY1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

Mikayla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 58,148 children — the 490th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 64% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1998, when 3,985 children were given it.

Mikayle is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1998Girls: 3,985Boys: 0

These spellings sound identical to Mikayla and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Mikayla?: Mikayla ranks 490th among girls' names in US records, with 58,148 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,367.
Is Mikayla a unisex name?: No. Mikayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mikayla most popular?: 1998, when 3,985 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Mikayla spelled?: Mikayle. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.