Mckayla

Girl name

Mckayla has been given to 13,230 babies in the U.S. since 1979. It peaked in 1998.

Meaning & origin

Modern variant of Michaela, influenced by Mc-.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

13,230

Peak year

1998 (769 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1979

10-year trend

▼ -81%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Mckayla.

13,160 babies since 1955

13,343 babies since 1970

13,411 babies since 1962

13,507 babies since 1968

12,953 babies since 1976

12,855 babies since 1910

12,839 babies since 1966

12,782 babies since 1947

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