A modern variant of Michaela, Mikayla stands for “Who is like God?” or “gift from God”. It is derived from the Hebrew name Michael.
Mikayla is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The name Mikayla isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Mikayla ranks 366. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 5 were named Mikayla. In the entire USA, approximately 54,255 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Mikayla. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
The name Mikayla may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Mikayla is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 1,049 women in Nevada is called Mikayla. In total, that’s 426 women who feel addressed when the name Mikayla is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #278 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Mikayla as the answer a total of 54,255 times. This places Mikayla at #495 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Mikayla as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.
With seven letters, the name Mikayla has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.
If your name is Mikayla and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Mikayla, you can simply say:
Mouse
Igloo
Koala
Apple
Yoyo
Lion
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Mikayla
Mikayla
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
M
I
K
A
Y
L
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
M
I
K
A
Y
L
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Mikayla sounds like this:
