Given name

Mikaila

Mikaila is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Mikaila isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mikaila through the years

Babies since 1880
2,390
0 boys · 2,390 girls
Most popular year
2001
239 babies
2025
6
#14,358 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−55%
Cooling
05010015020002025Highest share 20013.7
Mikaila in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1984–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,358 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 239 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,017 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

MikailaMikayla

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Mikaila, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Mikeila

0Not recently recordedRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Michalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Maquela

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mirlinda

Mirlinda is a feminine given name. It is used in Albanian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mikeyla

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Mikaya

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Hebrew · Modern

Mikaela

“who is like God?”

49UncommonEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Mykeria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Mikaila’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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