Micayla
Micayla is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 952nd, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1997208 births
- Best rank
- #952in 1997
- Since 1980
- 2,597people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,597 girls have been named Micayla in the United States since 1980, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 208 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 208 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 44%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1997, its biggest year
Micayla was the 952nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Micayla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cheyannepeak 1999
- Michaylapeak 1997
- Alexxispeak 1998
- Mickaylapeak 1999
- Tatyannapeak 1999
- Shiannepeak 1997
- Cheyennepeak 1996
- Destineepeak 1999
Other spellings in the data
- Mikayla56,339 ever
- Mykayla2,689 ever
- Mikaila2,384 ever
- Mickayla1,864 ever
- Mikaylah1,515 ever
- Michayla1,399 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.