first name
MIKALA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,821 people named Mikala, 62.2% reported their origin as White, 17.3% as Black and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mikala peaked in 1995, when 329 babies got the name.
At least 4,018 babies have been given the name since 1967. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Mikala by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,641. The largest share of babies named Mikala, 52.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mikala is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mikala has been most common in Nebraska (2.5×), Oklahoma (2.3×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.48×).
2,294 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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