Mikaila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Mikaila is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Mikaila mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Michaela
“who is like God?”
A modern spelling of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael.
Is Mikaila a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikaila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikaila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Mikaila, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 239 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Mikaila in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 192 girls in the US were given Mikaila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,083, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Mikaila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,311 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 101 | #1,910 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,467 |
| 2001 | 239 | #927 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,429 |
| 1999 | 103 | #1,619 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 1997 | 132 | #1,310 |
| 1996 | 124 | #1,356 |
| 1995 | 120 | #1,367 |
| 1994 | 82 | #1,765 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,346 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Nicknames for Mikaila
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mikaila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makayla Noa Layla Alani Kalani Kailani Nalani Mckenna Malka Dakota Daniela Anika
Other spellings of Mikaila
Names related to Mikaila
Mikayla Mikaela Makaila Mikaylah Mikaella Mikeyla Mickayla Mikhaila
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mikaila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikaila, updated 20 October 2026.