Mkayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-KAY-luh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Mkayla 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 Mkayla mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mckayla, itself a spelling of Michaela, styled like Mc- surnames
“who is like God?”
A respelling of Michaela, the feminine of Michael, styled after Irish and Scottish Mc surnames.
Meaning borrowed from Mckayla. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mkayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Mkayla is a girls' name.
How popular is Mkayla 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 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Mkayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mkayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Nicknames for Mkayla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mkayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Makayla, Kailani, Kalani, Alani, Kaylani, Nalani, Meilani, Malani, Milani, Mikayla, Layla
Names related to Mkayla
Mikaela, Mckayla, Makyla, Mykayla, Mikaylah, Mikeyla, Makeyla
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, “Mkayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mkayla, updated 20 October 2026.