NameTides

Mikayla

Mikayla was the #746 girls' name in the US in 2025 (364 babies), and #973 in England & Wales and #408 in Canada.

Mikayla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Mikayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Mikayla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#746 (364)#973 (36)#780 (3)——#408 (76)——
2024#775 (363)#980 (36)#790 (3)—#898 (3)#292 (104)——
2023#612 (488)#851 (42)#749 (3)—#445 (8)#371 (80)——
2022#615 (483)#1,142 (29)#760 (3)—#634 (5)#291 (102)——
2021#673 (439)#936 (37)——#764 (4)#373 (86)——
2020#544 (552)#1,397 (22)#636 (4)—#628 (5)#387 (81)——
2019#502 (627)#1,634 (18)#650 (4)—#716 (4)#320 (99)——
2018#426 (737)#1,136 (30)#583 (5)—#629 (5)#257 (124)——
2017#393 (796)#982 (37)#808 (3)—#651 (5)#313 (105)——
2016#402 (826)#994 (36)#502 (6)—#476 (8)#258 (126)——
2015#351 (946)#1,139 (30)#653 (4)#312 (5)#896 (3)#255 (129)——
2014#320 (1,041)#842 (45)#477 (7)—#494 (8)#224 (149)——
2013#268 (1,200)#733 (54)#816 (3)—#491 (8)#178 (184)#82 (83)#81 (66)
2012#240 (1,339)#738 (54)#525 (6)—#510 (8)#142 (219)#76 (96)—
2011#206 (1,524)#681 (57)#334 (11)—#306 (16)#145 (209)#66 (102)#68 (72)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #82.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mikayla is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mikayla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #518NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #548CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #917TXFlorida: #462FL
Mikayla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#23552
Quebec2025#43811

Mikayla (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MikaylaCanadaGirls#40876
MikaylaEngland & WalesGirls#97336
MikaylaIrelandGirls—too few
MikaylaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MikaylaNSWGirls—too few
MikaylaScotlandGirls#7803
MikaylaUSGirls#746364
MikaylaUSBoys—too few
MikaylaVICGirls—too few