Mekayla

Gender: Girl
Say it: muh-KAY-luh
Origin: Hebrew

Mekayla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Mekayla mean?

Hebrew: variant of Makayla, a form of Michaela

“who is like God”

Michaela is a feminine of Michael, the archangel of the Bible.

Is Mekayla a girl's or a boy's name?

Mekayla is a girls' name.

How popular is Mekayla in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 118 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Half of all the girls named Mekayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1985Busiest: 118 in 19982024

Mekayla in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2024	7	#12,156
2023	0	–
2022	0	–
2021	9	#10,287
2020	0	–
2019	5	#15,532
2018	15	#7,405
2017	12	#8,772
2016	21	#5,983
2015	22	#5,831
2014	28	#4,890
2013	26	#5,141
2012	33	#4,385
2011	38	#3,915
2010	49	#3,305
2009	52	#3,188
2008	51	#3,266
2007	59	#2,992
2006	69	#2,602
2005	70	#2,478
2004	77	#2,261
2003	94	#1,924
2002	85	#2,025
2001	101	#1,762
2000	91	#1,865
1999	106	#1,578
1998	118	#1,441
1997	85	#1,764
1996	70	#1,992
1995	71	#1,934
1994	81	#1,781
1993	39	#2,985
1992	25	#4,082
1991	12	#6,969
1990	11	#7,297
1989	13	#6,154
1988	6	#10,381
1987	7	#8,773
1986	0	–
1985	7	#8,315