Mikayla: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced mih-KAY-luh · 3 syllables

Mikayla means “who is like God?”, from Hebrew.

A given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Michaela.

How popular is Mikayla?

Mikayla was the #746 name in the US in 2025, given to 364 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 65% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Mikayla in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Mikayla are older than 26; most are between 19 and 33. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

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Mikayla means “who is like God?”. It comes from Hebrew.

Mikayla is pronounced mih-KAY-luh.

Mikayla was the #746 name in the US in 2025, given to 364 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 65% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Mikayla are older than 26. Most are between 19 and 33.