Michaela
#841 for girls in 2025, 323 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 3,398 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,633since 1921
Michaela over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #841 | 323 | — | |
| 2024 | #742 | 379 | — | |
| 2023 | #638 | 459 | — | |
| 2022 | #578 | 516 | — | |
| 2021 | #578 | 523 | — | |
| 2020 | #644 | 449 | — | |
| 2019 | #613 | 492 | — | |
| 2018 | #531 | 591 | — | |
| 2017 | #517 | 608 | — | |
| 2016 | #471 | 674 | — | |
| 2015 | #496 | 647 | — | |
| 2014 | #477 | 663 | — | |
| 2013 | #409 | 744 | — | |
| 2012 | #430 | 726 | — | |
| 2011 | #406 | 778 | — | |
| 2010 | #390 | 814 | — | |
| 2009 | #368 | 876 | — | |
| 2008 | #358 | 922 | — | |
| 2007 | #340 | 971 | — | |
| 2006 | #331 | 1,003 | — | |
| 2005 | #287 | 1,153 | — | |
| 2004 | #283 | 1,167 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #237 | 1,380 | — | |
| 2002 | #201 | 1,615 | — | |
| 2001 | #178 | 1,827 | — | |
| 2000 | #154 | 2,172 | — | |
| 1999 | #125 | 2,657 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #103 | 3,341 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #100 | 3,398 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #102 | 3,176 | — | |
| 1995 | #107 | 3,083 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #109 | 3,044 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #169 | 1,853 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #288 | 960 | — | |
| 1991 | #336 | 783 | — | |
| 1990 | #311 | 878 | — | |
| 1989 | #269 | 998 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #378 | 633 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #417 | 535 | — | |
| 1986 | #422 | 519 | — | |
| 1985 | #433 | 508 | — | |
| 1984 | #559 | 333 | — | |
| 1983 | #604 | 293 | — | |
| 1982 | #630 | 285 | — | |
| 1981 | #696 | 243 | — | |
| 1980 | #665 | 267 | — | |
| 1979 | #734 | 225 | — | |
| 1978 | #855 | 173 | — | |
| 1977 | #862 | 170 | — | |
| 1976 | #869 | 156 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,007 | 120 | — | |
| 1974 | #964 | 128 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,047 | 111 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,006 | 117 | — | |
| 1971 | #988 | 127 | — | |
| 1970 | #979 | 128 | — | |
| 1969 | #892 | 139 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1967 | #951 | 114 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,013 | 106 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,125 | 95 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,395 | 58 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,194 | 76 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,157 | 74 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,140 | 75 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,088 | 75 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,203 | 60 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
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| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Michaela! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Michaela
- 99 spots since 2024 (#742 → #841)
- 197 spots since 2020 (#644 → #841)
- 345 spots since 2015 (#496 → #841)
- Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1969 (#1,031 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 104 spots in 2024 (#638 → #742)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1997 at #100 (3,398 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1997
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1976–2025
- Highest: 1 in 512 girls born in 1997 were named Michaela (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,976 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 43.2% of all girls named Michaela (23,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,875 (1927) | #4,647 |
| 1930s | 58 | #1,797 (1939) | #2,724 |
| 1940s | 273 | #1,439 (1946) | #1,718 |
| 1950s | 640 | #1,088 (1952) | #1,265 |
| 1960s | 931 | #892 (1969) | #1,142 |
| 1970s | 1,455 | #734 (1979) | #931 |
| 1980s | 4,614 | #269 (1989) | #507 |
| 1990s | 23,173 | #100 (1997) | #175 |
| 2000s | 13,086 | #154 (2000) | #274 |
| 2010s | 6,737 | #390 (2010) | #474 |
| 2020s | 2,649 | #578 (2021) | #670 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Michaela in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 587 of them was named Michaela, which outranked 99.3% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 241,504 of them was named Michaela, which outranked 37.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #6,372Michaela8
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- #6,372Abdel8
- #6,372Abdoul8
- #6,968Abayomi7
- #6,968Abdoulaye7
- #6,968Abdoulie7
Tied with 595 names at #6,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.