Mikaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-KAY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
Mikaya 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 Mikaya mean?
Hebrew: variant of Micaiah or Michaela
“who is like God”
Related to Michaela and the biblical Micaiah, names built on the question 'who is like God?'.
Is Mikaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Mikaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Mikaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Nicknames for Mikaya
Names like Mikaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Anaya, Amaya, Anika, Anya, Raya, Yuna, Maryam, Maya, Malaya, Chaya, Makayla
Names related to Mikaya
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, “Mikaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikaya, updated 20 October 2026.