Mikayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-KAY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
Mikayah 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 Mikayah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mikaya, itself a 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?'.
Meaning borrowed from Mikaya.
Is Mikayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikayah is a girls' name.
How popular is Mikayah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Mikayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
Nicknames for Mikayah
Names like Mikayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Taliyah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Janiyah, Sariyah, Mariyah, Talayah, Saniyah, Naziyah
Names related to Mikayah
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, “Mikayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikayah, updated 20 October 2026.