Mikayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #746 for girls
Mikayla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 746th for girls in the US (364 babies).
What does Mikayla mean?
Hebrew: modern respelling of Michaela
“who is like God?”
A modern respelling of Michaela, the feminine of Michael.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mikayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 364 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikayla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #945among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Mikayla, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 68 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mikayla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were given Mikayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #945 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 973rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Mikayla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 39 | #968 |
| 2023 | 45 | #856 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 42 | #942 |
| 2015 | 39 | #994 |
| 2014 | 52 | #812 |
| 2013 | 57 | #752 |
| 2012 | 60 | #733 |
| 2011 | 68 | #647 |
| 2010 | 54 | #738 |
| 2009 | 44 | #844 |
| 2008 | 48 | #784 |
| 2007 | 60 | #648 |
| 2006 | 39 | #834 |
| 2005 | 41 | #769 |
| 2004 | 40 | #759 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Mikayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #746among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 364about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 364 girls in the US were named Mikayla, making it the 746th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 544th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 3,858 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Mikayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,020 girls in the US were given Mikayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #328, up from #746 for this spelling alone.
Mikayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 364 | #746 |
| 2024 | 363 | #775 |
| 2023 | 488 | #612 |
| 2022 | 483 | #615 |
| 2021 | 439 | #673 |
| 2020 | 552 | #544 |
| 2019 | 627 | #502 |
| 2018 | 737 | #426 |
| 2017 | 796 | #393 |
| 2016 | 826 | #402 |
| 2015 | 946 | #351 |
| 2014 | 1,041 | #320 |
| 2013 | 1,200 | #268 |
| 2012 | 1,339 | #240 |
| 2011 | 1,524 | #206 |
| 2010 | 1,722 | #181 |
| 2009 | 1,828 | #179 |
| 2008 | 1,940 | #171 |
| 2007 | 1,852 | #182 |
| 2006 | 2,253 | #154 |
| 2005 | 2,395 | #142 |
| 2004 | 2,159 | #156 |
| 2003 | 2,393 | #138 |
| 2002 | 2,738 | #124 |
| 2001 | 3,014 | #109 |
| 2000 | 3,160 | #108 |
| 1999 | 3,735 | #85 |
| 1998 | 3,858 | #82 |
| 1997 | 2,873 | #112 |
| 1996 | 2,284 | #143 |
| 1995 | 2,223 | #146 |
| 1994 | 1,793 | #168 |
| 1993 | 928 | #296 |
| 1992 | 413 | #566 |
| 1991 | 344 | #643 |
| 1990 | 295 | #708 |
| 1989 | 261 | #750 |
| 1988 | 143 | #1,096 |
| 1987 | 94 | #1,410 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,815 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Mikayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Khadija Safa Layla Maryam Ayla Maya Mia Fatima Isabella Eliana Aisha
Other spellings of Mikayla
Michaela Mikaela Michaella Mikeyla Mikaella Mickayla Mikaylah Mikhayla Micheala
Names related to Mikayla
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mikayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikayla, updated 20 October 2026.