Micayla
Recorded 1980–2023 · United States
Micayla was most popular in 1997, when 208 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,664 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,597 people named Micayla.
Micayla over time
How old is the name Micayla?
Micayla first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1980, which makes it about 45 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 39 of the 46 years since.
How many people are named Micayla?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,597 American births named Micayla between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,565 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Micayla in 2025?
Micayla was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Micayla getting more or less popular?
Micayla is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 10 births a year, against 45 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -79% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Micayla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Micayla is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,597 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Micayla?
Roughly 2,565 Americans named Micayla are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 20 and 30. That is a narrow band: Micayla arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Micayla is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org