Micaela Girl
How popular is Micaela?
#1,285 girl name in 2025
174 baby girls were named Micaela in the US in 2025, making it the 1285th most popular girl name.
Micaela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,285 for girls (▼ 167 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 174 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,135 in 2015, #1,067 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (585 girls) |
| Highest rank | #439 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1895 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Micaela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mikaela family of names ranked #627 for girls in 2025 (#569 the year before), with 441 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mikaela | 241 | 55% |
| Micaela | 174 | 39% |
| Mikaella | 14 | 3% |
| Micaella | 12 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Micaela is most popular
Babies named Micaela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (144 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (194 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (178 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.2 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Micaela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1900s | 34 | #1,416 |
| 1910s | 160 | #1,405 |
| 1920s | 343 | #1,151 |
| 1930s | 233 | #1,289 |
| 1940s | 281 | #1,310 |
| 1950s | 289 | #1,652 |
| 1960s | 262 | #1,982 |
| 1970s | 586 | #1,332 |
| 1980s | 1,675 | #545 |
| 1990s | 4,359 | #439 |
| 2000s | 3,106 | #608 |
| 2010s | 2,320 | #955 |
| 2020s | 1,322 | #1,055 |
Girl names about as popular as Micaela
Questions
- Is Micaela a boy or girl name?
- Micaela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Micaela were girls.
- How popular is the name Micaela?
- 174 baby girls were named Micaela in the US in 2025, making it the 1285th most popular girl name.
- When was Micaela most popular?
- Micaela peaked in 1995, when 585 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #439 in 1995.
- How many people are named Micaela?
- 14,983 babies have been named Micaela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,907 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Micaela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Micaela was most common in New Jersey, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.