girl's name

Micayla

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 2,743

Micayla is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1997, when 208 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1980.

Micayla over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

1,145
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Micayla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 61
1990s 1,145
2000s 1,011
2010s 350
2020s (to 2023) 30

How popular is Micayla?

In 2023, Micayla was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Micayla is used

Canada #3,606 5 in 2015
England & Wales #7,198 3 in 2015
United States #9,435 11 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Micayla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Micayla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Micayla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Micayla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Micayla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Micayla

How popular is the name Micayla?

In 2023, Micayla was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Micayla a girl's or a boy's name?

Micayla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Micayla most popular?

Micayla peaked in 1997, when 208 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.