Like God?
Nykayla is a modern American phonetic variation of Michaela. It derives from the Hebrew name Mikha'el, which poses the rhetorical question 'Who is like God?', implying that no one is as great as the Creator.
Less common today
Nykayla isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,319 in 2001.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).