Mikayla

What Mikayla means

Form of Michael, meaning “who is like God?”

variant of Michaela || From Middle English Michael, from Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, from their source Latin Michaēl, Michāhēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Mikayla” (revision 83830545) and “Michael” (revision 94541667), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Mikayla?

US: Falling: down from #351 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 3,858 girls got the name (#82 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 4,416 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,036 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.78 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.5 per 1,000 girls), FL (0.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mikayla is #746 in the US and #973 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mikayla were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Makayla530 US · 22 E&W
• Mikaela241 US · 26 E&W
• Micaela174 US · 9 E&W
• Makyla23 US
• Mikeyla18 US
• Mikaely14 US
• Mikaella14 US
• Makaylah14 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mikayla

Girls

• Abby#731Diminutive of Abigail, meaning “my Father's joy”^*
• Micah#908“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Gabriela#317Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 3,362 babies; 961 in 2025
• Hanna#511“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*

For a brother

• Samuel#18“God has set or God has placed”^*
• Nathaniel#140“God has given”^*
• Saul#557Editor’s note Down from #494 in 2015 to #557 in 2025 in the US
• Nathanael#632“God has given”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Nathan#63“gave”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mikayla’s. Rank is US 2025.