Mikayla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mikayla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mikayla: Recorded every year since 1994, it reached #42 in 1997, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#42highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#1015
1998	#955
1999	#1060
2000	#1095
2001	#1170
2002	#1245
2003	#1129
2004	#883
2005	#769
2006	#816
2007	#727
2008	#804
2009	#806
2010	#747
2011	#681
2012	#738
2013	#733
2014	#842
2015	#1139
2016	#994
2017	#982
2018	#1136
2019	#1634
2020	#1397
2021	#936
2022	#1142
2023	#851
2024	#980

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #980 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1994–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #51 among girls in New Zealand in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1994–2013
Highest recorded position: #42 among girls in New Zealand, in 1997 (recorded 1994–2013).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #980 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mikayla appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 956 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1994.

Mikayla across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mikayla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#681 (2011)	#980 (2024)	29 of 29	956 (1996–2024)	57 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#534 (1996)	#232 (2005)	#898 (2024)	29 of 29	195 (1996–2024)	17 (2005)
New Zealand · Girls	#51 (1994)	#42 (1997)	#98 (2013)	20 of 20	1,492 (1994–2013)	103 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#79 (1997)	#43 (2008)	#82 (2013)	17 of 17	1,864 (1997–2013)	147 (2008)

Mikayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mikayla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	74	4 of 10	19
2000s	306	10 of 10	31
2010sbusiest	410	10 of 10	41
2020s	166	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mikayla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #42 in New Zealand in 1998.

Mikayla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#851	42	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1136	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#982	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#994	36	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1139	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#842	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#733	54	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#738	54	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#681	57	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#747	49	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#806	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#804	42	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#727	46	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#816	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#769	37	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#66	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	147	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New Zealand	female	#98	43	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#78	57	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#52	75	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#72	57	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#71	55	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#46	84	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#44	90	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#69	56	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#52	62	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#57	69	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#60	64	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#54	66	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#55	71	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#45	84	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#43	94	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#42	98	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#42	99	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#47	103	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#59	73	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#51	92	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#628	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1994 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #42, first reached in 1997.

It held a top-100 place in 20 years, 20 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 147 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mikail · #296, 29y
Mikal · #166, 69y
Mike · #263, 51y
Mikel · #1119, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Piper · #42, 29y
Aaliyah · #41, 30y
Ashton · #41, 33y
Micah · #43, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Faith · #42, 30y
Piper · #42, 29y
Aaliyah · #41, 30y
Caelan · #43, 30y

Mikayla was ranked #42 in New Zealand · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mikayla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mikayla without appearing here.

Mikayla moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1364 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1015 and #2738.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1397 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #936 and #2499.
Jesse Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1129 and #965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #883 and #1952.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1170 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1245 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Mikayla

Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1136 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #1063.
Aurora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #494 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #896 and #402.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #681 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #738 and #284.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #769 and #951 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #816 and #456.

Moved the opposite way to Mikayla

Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 while Alma went from #534 to #213.
Annie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 while Annie went from #187 to #41.
Bonnie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 while Bonnie went from #471 to #34.
Cara Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 while Cara went from #192 to #37.

Moved the same way as Mikayla

Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 and Aimee from #76 to #275.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 and Aisling from #17 to #154.
Alison Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 and Alison from #46 to #275.
Amanda Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikayla went from #534 to #898 and Amanda from #86 to #631.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #42 in New Zealand in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mikayla

Mikayla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mikayla across 4 official records

Mikayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mikayla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mikayla and the names beside it

Mikayla moved ahead of

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Mikayla at a glance

Mikayla across 4 official records

Mikayla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mikayla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mikayla

Mikayla and the names beside it

Mikayla moved ahead of

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