Mykayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Mykayla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Mykayla mean?
Hebrew: variant of Michaela
“who is like God?”
A spelling of Mikayla, the feminine of Michael.
Is Mykayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Mykayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mykayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Mykayla, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 192 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Mykayla since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Mykayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were given Mykayla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,353, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
- Mckayla 50
- Mykayla 9
Mykayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,296 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,890 |
| 2007 | 129 | #1,695 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,598 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,469 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,465 |
| 2002 | 131 | #1,455 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2000 | 184 | #1,106 |
| 1999 | 192 | #1,052 |
| 1998 | 156 | #1,188 |
| 1997 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 1996 | 118 | #1,397 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,610 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
Nicknames for Mykayla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mykayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Makayla, Mikayla, Noa, Isabella, Mckenna, Layla, Malia, Aliza, Daniela, Amira, Gianna, Madilyn
Other spellings of Mykayla
Names related to Mykayla
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Mykayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mykayla, updated 20 October 2026.