Name meaning & stats
Makayla
Makayla means “who is like God?” (Hebrew origin). 108,183 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“who is like God?”
HebrewForm of Michaela
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
108,183 US babies were named Makayla between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Makayla (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 81% of the family
- Makayla 81%
- Makaila 4%
- Makala 3%
- Makaylah 2%
- Makaela 2%
- Makyla 2%
- Macayla 2%
- Mackayla 1%
- Makalah <1%
- Makylah <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)