Mikayla

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Michaela is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael, which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales.

From Wikipedia

Mikayla first appears in the data in 1995 and has been recorded in 22 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 329 babies (rank #78 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mikayla

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mikayla yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,122

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

329

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Other girls' names starting with M

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1995	46	#112
1997	164	#72
1998	180	#69
1999	170	#68
2000	143	#80
2001	173	#68
2002	195	#59
2003	178	#63
2004	203	#46
2005	187	#57
2006	125	#56
2007	108	#69
2008	147	#43
2009	127	#54
2010	106	#61
2011	102	#66
2012	96	#76
2013	83	#82
2014	14	#137
2015	236	#92
2016	329	#78
2017	10	#161