Michaela
Michaela is ranked 743rd among girls in 2024 (378 births). Its best rank was 100th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- #743down 106 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3780.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19973,398 births
- Best rank
- #100in 1997
- Since 1921
- 53,303people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,303 girls have been named Michaela in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 3,398 births — 0.20% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 478 → 743).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 43%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Michaela | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | |
| 1930s | 58 | |
| 1940s | 273 | |
| 1950s | 640 | |
| 1960s | 931 | |
| 1970s | 1,455 | |
| 1980s | 4,614 | |
| 1990s | 23,173 | |
| 2000s | 13,085 | |
| 2010s | 6,736 | |
| 2020s | 2,321 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Michaela was the 100th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Michaela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Michaellapeak 1997
- Cherokeepeak 1998
- Keanapeak 1995
- Bailiepeak 1997
- Camrypeak 1997
- Michealapeak 1997
- Cheyannapeak 1996
- Cheyennepeak 1996
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.