Fun Facts About the Name Mikhayla
- 376 babies named Mikhayla: U.S. records list 376 babies given the name Mikhayla from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mikhayla Mean?
Mikhayla is an English feminine variant of Michael, a name from Hebrew. Its established meaning is Who is like God? The Hebrew form is Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל), built from mi ("who"), kha ("like" or "as"), and El ("God"). The name is a rhetorical question rather than a claim that the bearer is divine; it is commonly understood as a statement that no one is like God. The feminine ending -a was added in later European languages, giving forms such as Michaela; Mikhayla is one spelling of that feminine tradition.
Mikhayla Name History & Origins
The root of Mikhayla is the biblical name Mikha'el, the Hebrew name of the archangel Michael. In the Book of Daniel, Michael appears as a heavenly protector of Israel, and later Jewish and Christian tradition names him as an archangel and leader of the heavenly armies. The masculine name spread with Christianity through Greek as Mikhaēl and Latin as Michael. In western Europe it became a common male name, with forms such as French Michel, German Michael, Italian Michele, and Spanish Miguel.
Feminine forms arose later by adding a feminine ending to these local masculine forms. French developed Michèle and Michelle; German and Slavic languages use Michaela; Italian has Michela. English spellings in this family include Michaela, Mikayla, Makayla, and Mikhayla. The kh in Mikhayla is a transliteration-style spelling that may reflect the Hebrew kaf or the Russian kh in Mikhail, but in English the name is usually pronounced with a simple k sound. Mikhayla therefore belongs to the later European tradition of feminine forms derived from the biblical Hebrew masculine name rather than to the Hebrew Bible itself.
How Popular is the Name Mikhayla?
Mikhayla has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1997. Its best rank was #3,511 in 1997.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,488 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #11,490 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #18,267 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #11,926 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #12,987 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #11,944 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #13,290 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #19,515 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #10,595 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #9,107 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #9,912 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #7,704 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #7,861 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #7,701 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #4,406 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2000 | #4,363 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1999 | #4,539 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1998 | #3,612 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1997 | #3,511 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1996 | #3,904 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #3,946 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #4,473 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #6,159 | 15 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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