Mikayla
Michaela is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God".
Meaning & Origin of Mikayla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Michaela is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God".
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The Story of Mikayla
Mikayla first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 3,858 Mikaylas were born — ranking #82 that year. As of 2026, Mikayla ranks #779 for baby girls with 363 births, falling sharply (-34%). In total, more than 57K Mikaylas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Mikayla
Mikayla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 57K births in the dataset. Mikayla's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #82. Use the chart and map above to compare Mikayla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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