Mikayla
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning who is like god; feminine form of michael.
How Mikayla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #351 |
| 2016 | #403 |
| 2017 | #394 |
| 2018 | #428 |
| 2019 | #503 |
| 2020 | #545 |
| 2021 | #673 |
| 2022 | #616 |
| 2023 | #614 |
| 2024 | #777 |
| 2025 | #748 |
Mikayla by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Mikayla. In the US, 792 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,858 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 630 American girls born that year was called Mikayla.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mikayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 in the US (2017)
- Mikaelawho is like god; feminine form of michael399 in the US (2017)
- Mckaylawho is like god; a feminine form of michael184 in the US (2017)
- Mykaylawho is like god; a spelling variant of michaela26 in the US (2017)
- Mikaylahwho is like God; variant of Micaiah or Michaela22 in the US (2017)
- Mikailawho is like god; modern spelling of Michaela16 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mikayla
Names that are said the same way as Mikayla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mikhailawho is like God; modern respelling of Michaela14 in the US (2017)
- Mikellawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela13 in the US (2017)
- Micaylawho is like God; a form of Michaela12 in the US (2017)
- Mikalawho is like God; variant of Mikayla or Michaela12 in the US (2017)
- Mickaylawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael11 in the US (2017)
- Mikelawho is like god; feminine variant of michael5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Mikayla, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mikayla
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