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Mikaylah

Feminine · “Hebrew mi kael”

1993high 2005
#10917 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare8 girls in 2025

The final h on Mikaylah is borrowed from Hebrew. In Sarah, Hannah, Leah and Deborah it stands for a real letter; in modern American spellings it stands for nothing and marks the name as a name.

How old is the name Mikaylah?

Mikaylah first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Mikaylah alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,500 people named Mikaylah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Mikaylah most popular?

Mikaylah peaked in 2005, reaching #1378 nationally. Today it ranks #10917, 9,539 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Mikaylah

Hebrew has a letter, he, which stands at the end of a great many female names, and English transliteration writes it as h even where it is not pronounced: Sarah, Hannah, Rebekah, Deborah, Leah, Judah. Two hundred years of Bible reading made that ending familiar to English speakers as a marker of something ancient and scriptural, and modern naming has taken it as a free device, attaching it to names that have no Hebrew letter behind them at all: Mikaylah, Aaliyah, Nevaeh, Kaylah, Jaylah. The h does no phonetic work and its only function is visual. That is worth knowing, because it means a spelling can make a claim about a name's origin, and this one is making a claim that is not true.

Meaningscholars disagree

Hebrew mi kael, who is like God

Mikaylah is one of many American spellings of Michaela, the feminine of Michael, from Hebrew Mikael. The terminal h is a decorative device modeled on the transliteration of Hebrew names; it adds no sound. The peak is 2005.

How the name formed

  1. Mikael
  2. Michaela
  3. Mikaylah

Related forms: Mikayla · Michaela

Pronouncing Mikaylah

mih-KAY-luh

Three syllables, stress on the second. The final h is silent; every spelling in the family is a homophone.

Nicknames for Mikaylah

Moderate

KaylaThe last two syllables, a full name in its own right
MikaThe first two syllables, a name of its own
MickeyFrom the underlying name, used for both sexes
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1993–2025156780156819932025

US babies named Mikaylah per year from 1993 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13781990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1993
Most girls named
2005156 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1378reached in 2005
Change vs 2024
−46.7%8 in 2025, from 15
Mikaylah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2005, with 156 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Mikaylah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Mikayla in English — spelling variant
  • Michaela in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York.

Mikaylahs among us

1,500

people named Mikaylah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 200,908 born in 2025 was named Mikaylah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Mikaylah

#10917
Mikaylah on the 2025 chart
#590
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mikaylah went to 8 girls in 2025, but Mikayla, Mykayla and Mickayla and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 400, which makes it the 590th most-given girls’ name of the year — 10,327 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 4,018 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 200,908 for Mikaylah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Italia test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mikaylah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Italia climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Italia's path sketches the road Mikaylah is walking now.

40%chance Mikaylah will feel dated by 2040
Mikaylah, aligned on its peakItalia· peak 1917not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-10 yrs+70 yrsItalia · #8189Mikaylah today
Mikaylah today is about where Italia stood in 1937 — 20 years past a #1377-sized peak. Within 15 years, Italia had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Mikaylah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Mikaylah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Mikaylah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Mikaylahthis name8#10917Edythe8#10917Tessie8#10917Drusilla8#10917Eugenie8#10917

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Kayla and Mika are two complete names inside one.
  • The Hebrew name behind it is documented and ancient.
  • Three syllables with a strong central stress.
What to consider
  • The terminal h adds a letter and no sound.
  • At least eight spellings compete for this name.
  • The 2005 peak dates this form.

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Frequently asked

How many Mikaylahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Mikaylah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Mikaylah?
Mikaylah is one of 6 recorded spellings. Mikayla is the more common one — 364 births in 2025 against 8 for Mikaylah.
How popular is the name Mikaylah in 2025?
Mikaylah ranks #10917 among US girl names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Mikaylah?
About 1 in every 200,908 US girls born in 2025 was named Mikaylah — 8 in all.
Will my child share the name Mikaylah with classmates?
Mikaylah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Mikaylah

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Edythe#10917 · Tessie#10917 · Drusilla#10917 · Eugenie#10917 · Ivah#10917 · Karri#10917 · Claribel#10917 · Myrtle#10917

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