# Mikayla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mikayla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 56,724 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 56,713 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 992, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,524 | 206 |
| 2012 | 1,339 | 241 |
| 2013 | 1,200 | 268 |
| 2014 | 1,041 | 320 |
| 2015 | 946 | 351 |
| 2016 | 826 | 403 |
| 2017 | 796 | 394 |
| 2018 | 737 | 426 |
| 2019 | 627 | 502 |
| 2020 | 552 | 544 |
| 2021 | 439 | 673 |
| 2022 | 483 | 616 |
| 2023 | 488 | 613 |
| 2024 | 363 | 778 |
| 2025 | 364 | 748 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 6,831 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 681 |
| 2012 | 54 | 738 |
| 2013 | 54 | 733 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 30 | 1,139 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 42 | 851 |
| 2024 | 36 | 980 |
| 2025 | 36 | 973 |

## People named Mikayla

- Mikayla Mendez, American pornographic actress, born 1980
- Mikayla Raines, American wildlife rescuer/rehabilitator and YouTuber (1995–2025)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.